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== Events == | == Events == | ||
*[[1917]]: The city centre of [[Thessaloniki]] is destroyed by a fire. | *[[1917]]: The city centre of [[Thessaloniki]] is destroyed by a fire. | ||
| + | *[[1929]]: [[Spyros Mercouris]] is elected Mayor of [[Athens]]. | ||
| + | *[[1949]]: Yugoslavia decides to return some 11,300 children that were forcibly expatriated from [[Greece]] during the [[Greek Civil War]]. | ||
*[[1973]] - Three people were killed and 55 wounded after two Arab gunmen opened fire and threw grenades into a crowded passenger lounge at [[Athens]] airport. | *[[1973]] - Three people were killed and 55 wounded after two Arab gunmen opened fire and threw grenades into a crowded passenger lounge at [[Athens]] airport. | ||
| + | ===Sports=== | ||
| + | *[[1962]]: [[Vasilis Syllis]] breaks the Greek record for the [[400m]] with a 47.70 performance. The record will stand for 8 years. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
Revision as of 19:46, July 29, 2006
Events
- 1917: The city centre of Thessaloniki is destroyed by a fire.
- 1929: Spyros Mercouris is elected Mayor of Athens.
- 1949: Yugoslavia decides to return some 11,300 children that were forcibly expatriated from Greece during the Greek Civil War.
- 1973 - Three people were killed and 55 wounded after two Arab gunmen opened fire and threw grenades into a crowded passenger lounge at Athens airport.
Sports
- 1962: Vasilis Syllis breaks the Greek record for the 400m with a 47.70 performance. The record will stand for 8 years.
Births
- 1931: Billy Bingham, former coach of the National Football Team of Greece.
Deaths
- 1921: Dimitrios Rallis, politician and Prime Minister