Difference between revisions of "September 7"

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1833: War of Independence heroes Theodoros Kolokotronis, Dimitrios Plapoutas, Kitsos Tzavellas and Gennaios Kolokotronis are arrested on suspicion of treason.
1900: Almost 100 persons die as the steamship "Sarkia" sinks off Andros.
1955: Riots break out against Greeks in Smyrna (Izmir) - a follow-up to the Istanbul pogrom one day earlier.
1964: Georgios Plytas is elected Mayor of Athens.
1985: Kostis Stephanopoulos forms the Democratic Renewal Party (DI.ANA.). Ten New Democracy MPs follow him.
1991: Cetin Giorku, Turkish assistant press attache, is shot and killed in his car in Pangrati, Athens. The Revolutionary Organisation 17 November assume responsibility.
1994: An Albanian court hands down jail sentences to five members of the Northern Epirus "Omonia Party" for "treason and collaboration with an outside power".
1999: A powerful earthquake (5.9 on the Richter scale) causes extensive damages and 86 fatalities in Attica. Turkish rescue units are among the first on the scene.

1986: Larisa defeat Ethnikos Piraeus 9-0, however the Hellenic Football Federation will not recognise the result of the match as Ethnikos fielded amateurs due to a footballers' strike.

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 ==Events==
+*[[1833]]: [[War of Independence]] heroes [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]], [[Dimitrios Plapoutas]], [[Kitsos Tzavellas]] and [[Gennaios Kolokotronis]] are arrested on suspicion of treason.
 *[[1900]]: Almost 100 persons die as the steamship "Sarkia" sinks off [[Andros]].
 *[[1955]]: Riots break out against Greeks in [[Smyrna]] (Izmir) - a follow-up to the [[Istanbul pogrom]] one day earlier.