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'''Stageira''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Στάγειρα) was an [[ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] city on the [[Chalcidice]] peninsula and is chiefly known for being the birthplace of [[Aristotle]]. The city lies a few kilometres north of the present-day village of [[Stagira]], close to the city now called Olympias.
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==Events==
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===March===
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*[[March 28]]: [[Takis Loukanidis]] debuts in a [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] jersey against [[AEK FC|AEK]]. His team win the game at [[Nea Philadelphia Stadium]] with two goals by [[Kostas Toumbelis]] and one by [[Mimis Domazos]] after being down 2-0.
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===April===
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*[[April 5]]: Former [[Communist Party of Greece]] Secretary General, [[Nikolaos Zachariadis]], requests to return to Greece and stand trial. His request is denied.
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===May===
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*[[May 14]]: [[Queen Sofia of Spain|Princess Sofia of Greece]] marries future King Juan Carlos de Borbon of Spain.
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===June===
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*[[June 27]]: [[Greek-American]] [[Spyros Skouras]] resigns as head of 20th Century Fox.
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*[[June 27]]: The [[Greek Football Cup]] final between [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] and [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] is abandoned on account of darkness, in the 10th minute of extra time. Following the announcement, angry spectators invade the pitch resulting in the [[Greek Football Federation]] canceling the return match. There will be no Cup winner in 1962.
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===October===
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*[[October 11]]: Cement firm "Titan" begins operations in [[Thessaloniki]].
  
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Stageira was founded in [[655 BC]] by [[Ionia]]n settlers from [[Andros]]. [[Xerxes I of Persia]] occupied it in [[480 BC]].
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==Births==
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The city later joined the [[Delian League]], lead by [[Athens]], but left in [[424 BC]]: as a result, the Athenian demagogue [[Cleon]] laid siege to it in [[422 BC]].  However, Cleon was a poor strategist and his conduct of the siege was very inefficient: so much so that the ancient Greek comedy writer [[Aristophanes]] satyrised him in the play known as ''[[The Knights]]''.  Cleon died in the same year, in the [[battle of Amphipolis]].
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===January===
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*[[January 24]]: [[Argyris Kambouris]], [[basketball]] player.
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===February===
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*[[February 17]]: [[Giorgos Douros]], international referee.
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===July===
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*[[July 27]]: [[Theodoros Voutyritsas]], footballer
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===November===
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*[[November 1]]: [[Giorgos Mitsibonas]], footballer
  
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[[Philip II of Macedon]] later had more success, occupying and destroying the city.  As payment for Aristotle's tutoring of his son, who became [[Alexander the Great]], Philip later rebuilt the city and the old city's inhabitants, who had been enslaved, were resettled there. Many new structures were built at this time, including two shrines to [[Demeter]], an aqueduct and many houses.
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==Deaths==
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===April===
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*[[April 3]]: [[Manolis Kalomiris]], music composer
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===December===
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*[[December 16]]: [[Dinos Andrianopoulos]], footballer
  
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[[Aristotle]] was born in Stageira in [[384 BC]].
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