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==Events==
 
==Events==
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*[[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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===March===
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*[[March 23]]: Guerrila leader, Georgios Skalidis, is killed in a battle against Turks, near Monastir, during the [[Macedonian Struggle]].
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*[[March 26]]: [[Georgios Theotokis]] triumphs in the Greek general elections.
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===April===
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*[[April 18]] (NS): King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra arrive in [[Athens]] to attend the 1906 Athens Olympiad.
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*[[April 22]] (NS): 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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===July===
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*[[July 9]]: Metropolitan Photius of [[Korytsa]] is murdered during the [[Macedonian Struggle]].
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*[[July 16]]: A pogrom takes place against the [[Greeks]] of Philippoupolis (Plovdiv), Eastern Rumelia. Churches and schools are destroyed.
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*[[July 30]]: Bulgarian guerrilas attack and destroy the Greek section of Anchialos, Eastern Rumelia.
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===August===
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*[[August 12]]: [[Prince George of Greece|Prince George]] resigns as High Commissioner of [[Crete]].
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===September===
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*[[September 2]]: Guerrila leader Athanasios Hadjipanagis is slain in a battle against Turkish forces near [[Serres]].
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*[[September 18]]: [[Alexandros Zaimis]] arrives in [[Crete]] to take over as High Commissioner.
  
 
==Births==
 
==Births==
 
===January===
 
===January===
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*[[January 15]] - [[Aristotle Onassis]], shipping tycoon
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*[[January 15]]: [[Aristotle Onassis]], shipping tycoon
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===February===
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*[[February 26]]: [[Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gikas]], painter
 
===July===
 
===July===
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*[[July 2]]: [[Christos Tsaganeas]], stage and screen actor
 
*[[July 14]]: [[Tom Carvel]], [[Greek-American]] businessman
 
*[[July 14]]: [[Tom Carvel]], [[Greek-American]] businessman
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===November===
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*[[November 8]]: [[Miltiades Iatridis]], naval officer
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*[[November 18]]: [[Alec Issigonis]], the engineer who designed the legendary Mini in the [[1950s|50s]]
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*[[November 26]]: [[Michail Hadjikonstantis]], naval officer, [[WW II]] hero
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===Unknown===
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*[[Markos Vafiadis]], communist leader
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*[[Nikos Angelakis]], footballer
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*[[Dimitris Pierrakos]], footballer
  
  
 
[[Category:Years]]
 
[[Category:Years]]
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[[Category:1906]]

Latest revision as of 10:00, October 31, 2008

Events

March

April

  • April 18 (NS): King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra arrive in Athens to attend the 1906 Athens Olympiad.
  • April 22 (NS): 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

  • July 9: Metropolitan Photius of Korytsa is murdered during the Macedonian Struggle.
  • July 16: A pogrom takes place against the Greeks of Philippoupolis (Plovdiv), Eastern Rumelia. Churches and schools are destroyed.
  • July 30: Bulgarian guerrilas attack and destroy the Greek section of Anchialos, Eastern Rumelia.

August

September

Births

January

February

July

November

Unknown

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