Difference between revisions of "September 11"

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1821: Greeks capture Tripolis during the War of Independence against Turkey.
1866: Cretan revolutionaries are defeated by the Turkish army at Malaxa, Chania.
1938: The ancient theatre of Epidaurus is put to use again - after 2000 years. The first play put on is "Electra" by Sophocles.
1942: The Greek forces in Egypt come under German airforce bombardment. Four soldiers are killed and ten are wounded.
1943: German troops kill 10 Greeks as they destroy the village of Aetos, Messenia.
2001: The attack against the Twin Towers takes place. The nearby Greek Orthodox church of Saint Nicolas is also damaged.

1999: Kostas Gatsioudis breaks the Greek record in the javelin with a throw of 89.84m

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 *[[1938]]: The ancient theatre of [[Epidaurus]] is put to use again - after 2000 years. The first play put on is "Electra" by [[Sophocles]].
 *[[1942]]: The Greek forces in Egypt come under German airforce bombardment. Four soldiers are killed and ten are wounded.
+*[[1943]]: German troops kill 10 Greeks as they destroy the village of [[Aetos (Messenia)|Aetos]], [[Messenia]].
 *[[2001]]: The attack against the Twin Towers takes place. The nearby Greek Orthodox church of Saint Nicolas is also damaged.
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