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| + | *[[1768]]: 500 Greeks set sail from Gibraltar, along with 900 others, to colonise New Smyrna, Florida. | ||
*[[1897]]: The Greek Army, under Brig. Gen. [[Konstantinos Smolenskis]], defeats the Turks at [[Velestino]]. This was the only Greek victory in the [[Greco-Turkish War (1897)]]. | *[[1897]]: The Greek Army, under Brig. Gen. [[Konstantinos Smolenskis]], defeats the Turks at [[Velestino]]. This was the only Greek victory in the [[Greco-Turkish War (1897)]]. | ||
*[[1944]]: Communist resistance group [[ELAS]] attack and annihilate [[EKKA]], a republican resistance group. EKKA leader, [[Dimitrios Psaros]], is captured and executed. | *[[1944]]: Communist resistance group [[ELAS]] attack and annihilate [[EKKA]], a republican resistance group. EKKA leader, [[Dimitrios Psaros]], is captured and executed. | ||
Revision as of 12:32, April 14, 2008
Events
- 1768: 500 Greeks set sail from Gibraltar, along with 900 others, to colonise New Smyrna, Florida.
- 1897: The Greek Army, under Brig. Gen. Konstantinos Smolenskis, defeats the Turks at Velestino. This was the only Greek victory in the Greco-Turkish War (1897).
- 1944: Communist resistance group ELAS attack and annihilate EKKA, a republican resistance group. EKKA leader, Dimitrios Psaros, is captured and executed.
- 1984: Turkey exchanges ambassadors with the self-proclaimed "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus"
- 1994: Andreas Papandreou is re-elected party leader of PASOK.
Sports
- 2001: Marousi win the Saporta Cup after defeating Chalon 74-72. Vangelis Vourtzoumis becomes the first Greek player to win three European basketball trophies with three different clubs: Cup-Winners Cup in 1993 with Aris; Champions' Cup in 1996 with Panathinaikos and Saporta Cup with Marousi in 2001.
Births
- 1910: Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza, politician, writer
- 1935: Theodoros Angelopoulos, producer
Deaths
- 1944: Dimitrios Psaros, resistance leader
- 1974: Sotiris Spatharis, master of the "shadow theatre" (Karagiozis)
- 1985: Takis Miliadis, comic
- 2003: Yiannis Latsis, shipowner