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| + | *[[April 22]]: The 1906 Athens "Olympiad" commences. This competition was outside the Olympic Games' four-year cycle and was organised in order to revive the Games which were in danger of dying out after the 1904 St Louis circus-like flop. | ||
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==Births== | ==Births== | ||
===January=== | ===January=== | ||
Revision as of 14:14, September 21, 2006
Events
- April 22: The 1906 Athens "Olympiad" commences. This competition was outside the Olympic Games' four-year cycle and was organised in order to revive the Games which were in danger of dying out after the 1904 St Louis circus-like flop.
Births
January
- January 15 - Aristotle Onassis, shipping tycoon
July
- July 14: Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman