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*[[April 6]]: Commencement of the first modern Olympic Games. By the Julian calendar, the games commenced on [[March 25]] - the national holiday of Greece - as a symbolic gesture. | *[[April 6]]: Commencement of the first modern Olympic Games. By the Julian calendar, the games commenced on [[March 25]] - the national holiday of Greece - as a symbolic gesture. | ||
*[[April 7]]: [[Leonidas Pyrgos]] becomes the first Greek to win an Olympic Gold Medal after defeating Frenchman Peronnet at fencing. | *[[April 7]]: [[Leonidas Pyrgos]] becomes the first Greek to win an Olympic Gold Medal after defeating Frenchman Peronnet at fencing. | ||
| + | *[[April 10]]: [[Spiros Loues]] wins the [[Marathon (event)|marathon]] in the [[1896 Athens Olympics]]. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
Revision as of 10:42, January 19, 2007
Events
April
- April 6: Commencement of the first modern Olympic Games. By the Julian calendar, the games commenced on March 25 - the national holiday of Greece - as a symbolic gesture.
- April 7: Leonidas Pyrgos becomes the first Greek to win an Olympic Gold Medal after defeating Frenchman Peronnet at fencing.
- April 10: Spiros Loues wins the marathon in the 1896 Athens Olympics.
Births
March
- March 1: Dimitris Mitropoulos, conductor
October
- October 30: Kostas Karyotakis, poet