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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
*[[322 BC]]: [[Demosthenes]] commits suicide before he could be handed over to the [[Macedon]]ians. | *[[322 BC]]: [[Demosthenes]] commits suicide before he could be handed over to the [[Macedon]]ians. | ||
| + | *[[1687]]: Patriarch [[Dionysius IV of Constantinople]] is removed from office. | ||
*[[1863]]: [[King George I|Prince George of Denmark]] arrives in [[Piraeus]]. He will reign on the throne of Greece for the next 50 years. | *[[1863]]: [[King George I|Prince George of Denmark]] arrives in [[Piraeus]]. He will reign on the throne of Greece for the next 50 years. | ||
*[[1909]]: A movement in the Greek Navy against the [[Military Association]] is violently put down. | *[[1909]]: A movement in the Greek Navy against the [[Military Association]] is violently put down. | ||
Revision as of 08:00, July 20, 2012
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Events
- 322 BC: Demosthenes commits suicide before he could be handed over to the Macedonians.
- 1687: Patriarch Dionysius IV of Constantinople is removed from office.
- 1863: Prince George of Denmark arrives in Piraeus. He will reign on the throne of Greece for the next 50 years.
- 1909: A movement in the Greek Navy against the Military Association is violently put down.
- 1914: A powerful earthquake (6.0 on the Richter scale) strikes Thebes, Boeotia and the surrounding area.
- 1931: Metropolitan of Kition, Nikodimos Milonas, calls for protests throughout Cyprus against British policies on the island.
- 1941: 250 inhabitants of Kerdylia, Serres are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the killing of a single German soldier.
- 1949: "Radio Free Greece" announces the cessation of all hostilities on the part of the communist Democratic Army of Greece. The Greek Civil War is officially over.
- 2005: A powerful earthquake (6.0 on the Richter scale) strikes Samos and the surrounding area.
Sports
- 1967: Christos Papanikolaou breaks the Greek record in the pole vault with 5.30m.
- 2007: Greece qualify for Euro 2008 by defeating Turkey 1-0 in Istanbul.
Births
- 1860: Dionysios Lavrangas, composer
- 1913: George Polk, US correspondent murdered in Greece
- 1955: Georgios Alogoskoufis, economist, politician
Deaths
- 322 BC: Demosthenes, Athenian orator.
- 1952: Philippos Kourantis, footballer
- 1955: Dimitrios Maximos, banker, PM of Greece
- 1981: Lina Tsaldari, first Greek woman to cabinet Minister.
- 1992: Orestes Laskos, poet and theatrical writer.
- 1999: Mema Stathopoulou, actress
