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1915: Eleftherios Venizelos' Liberal Party wins 185 parliamentary seats (out of 316) in the national elections.
1924: Nikolaos Plastiras and Stylianos Gonatas are promoted to the rank of Lt. General for their role in bringing down the Laiko Komma government after the Asia Minor Disaster
1957: Former ELAS commander Stefanos Sarafis is killed by a car driven by a US NCO. EDA calls it premeditated murder.
1987: The first private radio station Athena 9,84 FM began broadcasting.

1981: PAOK coach Gyula Lorant suffers a heart attack during a football match.
1995: Aris Vovos with his co-driver Kostas Stefanis win the 42nd Acropolis Rally with a Lancia Delta HF Integrale. It is the first time in the last 40 years that a Greek crew wins the Acropolis Rally after Johnny Pesmatzoglou in 1955 with an Opel Kapitan
1998: Greece U21 rank 2nd after losing to Spain 1-0 in the final of European Football Championship.

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 ==Events==
+*[[1915]]: [[Eleftherios Venizelos]]' [[Liberal Party]] wins 185 parliamentary seats (out of 316) in the national elections.
 *[[1924]]: [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] and [[Stylianos Gonatas]] are promoted to the rank of Lt. General for their role in bringing down the [[Laiko Komma]] government after the [[Asia Minor Disaster]]
 *[[1957]]: Former [[ELAS]] commander [[Stefanos Sarafis]] is killed by a car driven by a US NCO. [[EDA]] calls it premeditated murder.