Difference between revisions of "1926"

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March 9: Panaitolikos is founded.
March 15: Pavlos Kountouriotis resigns the Presidency of Greece to protest the excesses of the Theodoros Pangalos regime.
March 20: The Athens Academy is founded.
March 31: The law prohibiting short skirts is abolished in Greece.

April 28: PAOK is founded in Thessaloniki.
April 30: Education of all children between 6 and 14 years of age becomes mandatory in Greece.

August 15: The Communist Party of Cyprus is founded.
August 23: A military movement by Gen. Georgios Kondilis brings down the Pangalos dictatorship.
August 24: Pavlos Kountouriotis is restored to the Presidency of Greece following the ouster of Theodoros Pangalos.
August 30: A major earthquake (7.2 on the Richter scale) strikes Sparta and the surrounding area.

November 7: Elections are held in Greece following the ouster of Theodoros Pangalos.
November 8: APOEL FC is founded, in a Lefkosia patisserie, by a group of 40 sports-minded Cypriots.
November 14: The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) is founded by the local associations of Athens, Piraeus and Macedonia.

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 *[[August 23]]: A military movement by Gen. [[Georgios Kondilis]] brings down the [[Theodoros Pangalos|Pangalos]] dictatorship.
 *[[August 24]]: [[Pavlos Kountouriotis]] is restored to the Presidency of Greece following the ouster of [[Theodoros Pangalos]].
+*[[August 30]]: A major earthquake (7.2 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Sparta]] and the surrounding area.
 ===November===