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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
===April=== | ===April=== | ||
| + | *[[April 18]]: King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra arrive in [[Athens]] to attend the 1906 Athens Olympiad. | ||
*[[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. | *[[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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===July=== | ===July=== | ||
*[[July 16]]: A pogrom takes place against the [[Greeks]] of Philippoupolis (Plovdiv), Eastern Rumelia. | *[[July 16]]: A pogrom takes place against the [[Greeks]] of Philippoupolis (Plovdiv), Eastern Rumelia. | ||
Revision as of 14:28, May 11, 2007
Events
April
- April 18: King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra arrive in Athens to attend the 1906 Athens Olympiad.
- 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.
July
August
- August 12: Prince George resigns as High Commissioner of Crete.
September
- September 18: Alexandros Zaimis arrives in Crete to take over as High Commissioner.
Births
January
- January 15: Aristotle Onassis, shipping tycoon
February
- February 26: Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gikas, painter
July
- July 2: Christos Tsaganeas, stage and screen actor
- July 14: Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman
November
- November 18: Alec Issigonis, the engineer who designed the legendary Mini in the 50s
- November 8: Miltiades Iatridis, naval officer
Unknown
- Markos Vafiadis, communist leader
- Nikos Angelakis, footballer
- Dimitris Pierrakos, footballer