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Births
==Events==
*[[312]]: [[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine the Great]] enters Rome in triumph after the [[Battle of the Milvian Bridge]].*[[1918]]: The Geneal [[General Labor Union of Greece ]] ([[GSEE]], ''Greek:[[:el:ΓΣΕΕ|ΓΣΕΕ]]'') is established*[[1956]]: [[Maria Callas]] debuts at the Metropolitan Opera of New York singing Bellini's "Norma".*[[1959]]: An [[Olympic Airlines|Olympic Airways]] Douglas Aircraft Company DC-3 crashes near [[Athens]]. All 18 passengers and crew members perish.*[[1961]]: [[Constantine Karamanlis]] wins the national elections which - according to the opposition - were rife with violence and corruption.*[[1988]]:The scandal with [[George Koskotas]] surfaces when then Minister of Education, [[Giorgos Papandreou]], accuses [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]]' president of illegal transactions with Merril Lynch===Sports===*[[2008]]: 26-year old footballer, Yiannis Koskiniatis, commits suicide prior to his team's - [[Diagoras Rhodes FC|Diagoras Rhodes]] - Cup game against [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]]. Koskiniatis - who suffered from psychological problems - had been excluded from Diagoras' squad. ==Births==*[[1822]]: [[Thrasivoulos Zaimis]], politician, Prime Minister*[[1943]]: [[Dusan Ivkovic]], [[basketball]] coach.*[[1960]]: [[Stathis Pehlivanidis]], Greek-Soviet football player.*[[1969]]: [[Giorgos Donis]], football player and coach.*[[1969]]: [[Eleni Menegaki]], actress, talk-show presenter
*[[1988]]:The scandle with [[George Koskotas]] surfaces when then Minister of Education, [[Giorgos Papandreou]], accuses [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]]' president of illegal transactions with Merril Lynch
==Deaths==
*[[1986]]: [[Mimis Fotopoulos]], actor
*[[2006]]: [[Maria Kalouta]], actress, singer, performer
 
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