April 16

Events

• 1071: The Byzantine Empire loses its last holding in Italy after the Normans take Bari.
• 1914: The Greek Army completes its withdrawal from Northern Epirus to the new Greek-Albanian frontier.
• 1921: Prime Minister, Dimitrios Gounaris, arrives in Smyrna to assess first-hand the military situation in Asia Minor.
• 1992: After the death of Athens Mayor, Antonis Tritsis, Deputy Mayor Leonidas Kouris is elected to replace him.
• 2003: The final documents are signed in Athens for the acceptance of ten new EU members including Cyprus.

Sports

• 1986: OFI player, Alejandro Isis, fails his doping test for the second time in his career. He avoids punishment after the intervention of Manfred Donike, head of the Cologne toxicology department.
• 2002: Panathinaikos inaugurate the first football museum in Greece.

Births

• 1924: Kaity Grey, Greek singer

Deaths

• 1996: Stavros Niarchos, shipowner.