Phantis:Selected anniversaries/July 22
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- 1878: The first British High Commissioner of Cyprus, Sir Garnet Wolseley, arrived at Larnaca.
- 1943: A mass demonstration of 200,000 people took place in Nazi-occupied Athens to protest the decision to award Bulgaria all northern Greek lands up to the Axios River. One hundered protesters were killed, leading Adolf Hitler to cancel his earlier decision.
- 1959: The trial of Manolis Glezos and other leftists before a Greek military court ended with sentences of imprisonment, exile and denial of civil privileges.
- 1980: Wrestler Stelios Migiakis won gold at the Olympic Games of Moscow.
- Births: Despina Vandi, singer (1969).
- Deaths: Tonis Maroudas (1988), Elafro singer.