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==Events==
 
==Events==
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===January===
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*[[1453]]: Turkish ships enter the [[Golden Horn]] over land to tighten the noose on besieged [[Constantinople]].
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*[[January 2]]: [[Greek-American]] diva [[Maria Callas]] leaves the set after the first act of "Norma", causing a stir in the audience which includes the President of Italy.
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*[[1821]]: The [[Battle of Alamana]] takes place during the Greek [[War of Independence]].
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===March===
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*[[1822]]: Turkish forces take [[Naousa]]. They destroy the city and several surrounding villages.
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*[[March 12]]: [[Fotis Pittas]], [[Andreas Karios]] and two other [[EOKA]] members escape from [[Pyla]] prison.
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*[[1906]]: The [[1906 Summer Olympics|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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===April===
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*[[1948]]: A strong earthquake (6.5 on the Richter scale) destroys much of [[Lefkada]].
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*[[April 20]]: [[Giorgos Darivas]] plays his last game for [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]].
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*[[1980]]: Soviet cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, visits [[Athens]].
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*[[1988]]: [[Dimitris Christofias]] is elected Secretary General of [[AKEL]], succeeding [[Ezekias Papaioannou]] who died earlier in the month.
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===May===
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===Sports===
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*[[May 11]]: [[Constantine Karamanlis]] is reelected PM with [[ERE]] winning 41.16% of the vote. Surprisingly, the [[United Democratic Left]] comes in second with 24.42%.
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*[[1956]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] lose to Italy's seconds 7-1 in a Mediterranean Cup game played in Naples.
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*[[May 25]]: [[Giorgos Papavasiliou]] breaks the Greek record in the [[5000m]] with 14:34.4 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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*[[1973]]: [[Alpha Ethniki|League]] leaders [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] are stunned 5-3 at home by [[Panachaiki FC|Panachaiki]]. The loss dropped the [[Thessaloniki]] club into 2nd place and ended up costing them the championship.
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*[[2024]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos']] youth team defeat AC Milan 3-0 to take the UEFA Youth League Cup, marking the first time a Greek team has ever won an UEFA competition.
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===June===
 
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*[[June 7]]: Turkish-Cypriot extremists burn down the club offices of [[Olympiakos Lefkosia FC]].
 
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*[[June 12]]: Eight innocent, unarmed Greek Cypriot civilians, from Kondemenos village, are murdered by TMT terrorists near the village of Geunyeli. They had been dropped off at that location earlier by British soldiers.
 
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===July===
 
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*[[July 5]]: British troops fire upon civilian protesters in [[Avgorou]], [[Cyprus]], killing pregnant mother Loukia Papageorgiou.
 
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*[[July 12]]: [[Evangelos Depastas]], breaks the Greek recpord for the [[800m]] with a time of 1:49.1.
 
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===September===
 
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*[[September 2]]: The [[Battle of Liopetri]] takes place;  four [[EOKA]] members - [[Fotis Pittas]], [[Andreas Karios]], [[Christos Samaras]] and [[Elias Papakyriakou]] are killed.
 
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*[[September 4]]:  Greek Police announce that any and all "teddy boys" would be given a clean cut.
 
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*[[September 20]]: [[Evangelos Depastas]] breaks the Greek record for the [[1500m]] with a time of 3:44.7.
 
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===October===
 
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*[[October 1]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] lose to France 7-1 in a Nations' Cup qualifier played in Parc des Princes, Paris.
 
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===November===
 
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*[[November 19]]: After refusing to surrender, [[EOKA]] fighter [[Kyriakos Matsis]] is killed in [[Kato Dikomo]], [[Cyprus]] by the British.
 
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*[[November 19]]: The first game on grass in [[Leoforos Alexandras Stadium]] (later renamed to [[Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium]] is a friendly between [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] and [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]]. Olympiakos wins with a goal by [[Elias Yfantis]] and a 1-0 score.
 
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===December===
 
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*[[December 29]]:  [[OPAP]] is founded.
 
  
 
==Births==
 
==Births==
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===January===
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*[[1909]]: [[Spyros Markezinis]], politician
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*[[January 22]]: [[Nikos Anastopoulos]], footballer.
 
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===April===
 
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*[[April 15]]: [[Memos Ioannou]], [[basketball]] player and coach.
 
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*[[April 26]]: [[Giorgos Kostikos]], footballer and coach.
 
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===May===
 
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*[[May 4]]: [[Antonis Minou]], footballer.
 
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*[[May 17]]: [[Grigoris Charalambidis]], footballer
 
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===November===
 
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*[[November 6]]:  [[Evanthia Reboutsika]], musician, composer.
 
  
 
==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
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===January===
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*[[1985]]: [[Giorgos Economidis]], radio host, songwriter.
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*[[January 23]]: [[Nikolaos Georgantas]], athlete
 
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===March===
 
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*[[March 4]]: [[Alexandros Touferis]], athlete
 
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===May===
 
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*[[May 22]]: [[Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer]], colonial governor of [[Cyprus]] in the [[1930s]].
 
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===September===
 
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*[[September 2]]: [[Fotis Pittas]], [[EOKA]] fighter
 
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*[[September 2]]: [[Andreas Karios]], [[EOKA]] fighter
 
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*[[September 2]]: [[Christos Samaras]], [[EOKA]] fighter
 
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*[[September 2]]: [[Elias Papakyriakou]], [[EOKA]] fighter
 
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===November===
 
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*[[November 19]]: [[Kyriakos Matsis]], leading figure of the [[EOKA]] struggle in [[Cyprus]].
 
  
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[[Category:1958]]
 

Latest revision as of 07:12, April 23, 2024

Events

Sports

  • 1956: Greece lose to Italy's seconds 7-1 in a Mediterranean Cup game played in Naples.
  • 1973: League leaders PAOK are stunned 5-3 at home by Panachaiki. The loss dropped the Thessaloniki club into 2nd place and ended up costing them the championship.
  • 2024: Olympiakos' youth team defeat AC Milan 3-0 to take the UEFA Youth League Cup, marking the first time a Greek team has ever won an UEFA competition.

Births

Deaths

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