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==Events==
 
==Events==
*[[1944]] - The [[World War II|WWII]] German occupying forces move out of Athens
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*[[1856]]: A major earthquake (7.7 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Crete]]. 500 persons are killed.
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*[[1866]]: [[Crete|Cretan]] revolutionaries are defeated by the Turkish army at [[Vafe]], [[Chania prefecture|Chania]].
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*[[1908]]: The [[Crete|Cretan]] Council declares "[[Enosis]]" (union) of [[Crete]] with [[Greece]].
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*[[1912]]: Greek forces enter [[Kozani]] and [[Grevena]].
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*[[1944]]: The [[World War II|WWII]] German occupying forces move out of Athens
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*[[1986]]: [[New Democracy]] triumphs in the municipal elections as [[Miltiades Evert]] is elected Mayor of [[Athens]], [[Andreas Andrianopoulos]] is elected Mayor of [[Piraeus]] and [[Sotiris Kouvelas]] is elected Mayor of [[Thessaloniki]].
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*[[1989]]: US Ambassador [[Michael Sotirchos]] meets with Communist politicians [[Charilaos Florakis]] and [[Leonidas Kyrkos]].
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*[[1995]]: 4,000 Greek policemen and firemen demonstrate in [[Athens]] for better wages.
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===Sports===
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*[[1930]]: [[Georgios Zacharopoulos]] breaks the Greek record for the [[javelin throw]] with 63.41m.
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*[[1930]]: [[Nikolaos Papanikolaou]] breaks the Greek record for the [[triple jump]] with 14.31m.
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*[[1994]]: [[Daniel Batista]] becomes the first black man to play for the [[National Football Team]] of Greece in a 4-0 victory over Finland.
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*[[2012]]: [[Giorgos Karagounis]] earns his 121st cap - breaking [[Theo Zagorakis]]' record of 120 - in the WC 2014 qualifier between [[National Football Team|Greece]] and Bosnia.
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==Births==
 
==Births==
*[[1924]] - [[Mimis Plessas]], music composer
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*[[1830]]: [[Andreas Syngros]], national benefactor
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*[[1894]]: [[Queen Elisabeth]] of Greece (wife of [[King George II]])
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*[[1920]]: [[Konstantinos Giataganas]], athlete ([[discus]], [[shot put]])
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*[[1924]]: [[Mimis Plessas (composer)|Mimis Plessas]], music composer
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*[[1924]]: [[Leonidas Kyrkos]], politician
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*[[1928]]: [[Domna Samiou]], folk singer
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*[[1936]]: [[Giorgos Marsellos]], athlete ([[110m hurdles]], [[high jump]])
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*[[1937]]: [[Martha Vourtsi]], actress
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*[[1966]]: [[Yiannis Kalitzakis]], footballer
  
  
 
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