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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
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| + | *[[February 21]]: Violent race riots break out against the [[Greek Americans|Greek immigrants]] of South Omaha, Nebraska, USA. | ||
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
*[[March 5]]: Tobacco workers in [[Volos]] stage a strike. | *[[March 5]]: Tobacco workers in [[Volos]] stage a strike. | ||
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==Births== | ==Births== | ||
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| + | *[[February 18]]: [[Dido Sotiriou]], writer | ||
===April=== | ===April=== | ||
*[[April 22]]: [[Spyros Markezinis]], politician | *[[April 22]]: [[Spyros Markezinis]], politician | ||
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*[[June 15]]: [[Peter Clentzos]], athlete | *[[June 15]]: [[Peter Clentzos]], athlete | ||
===July=== | ===July=== | ||
| − | *[[July | + | *[[July 3]]: [[Stavros Niarchos]], shipowner |
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===August=== | ===August=== | ||
*[[August 14]]: [[Manos Katrakis]], actor | *[[August 14]]: [[Manos Katrakis]], actor | ||
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*[[Amalia Fleming]], activist, politician | *[[Amalia Fleming]], activist, politician | ||
*[[Stelios Kyriakidis]], marathon runner | *[[Stelios Kyriakidis]], marathon runner | ||
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==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
===July=== | ===July=== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:39, July 4, 2020
Events
February
- February 21: Violent race riots break out against the Greek immigrants of South Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
March
June
- June 6: A strong earthquake strikes Central Greece with Lamia as its epicentre.
August
- August 5: The Ottoman government demands that Greece condemn the Cretan revolt. The Greek government replies that its position on the matter has been "exemplary".
- August 17: The Great Powers demand that Turkey negotiates the Cretan matter only with themselves and not Greece.
- August 28: The "Military Association", under Col. Nikolaos Zorbas, demand reforms in the military. This movement would go down in history as the Goudi Revolution.
September
- September 14: Workers in Athens demonstrate in favour of the Military Association.
October
- October 17: A movement in the Greek Navy against the Military Association is violently put down.
December
- December 16: The Military Association invites Cretan politician, Eleftherios Venizelos, to Athens.
Births
February
- February 18: Dido Sotiriou, writer
April
- April 22: Spyros Markezinis, politician
May
- May 1: Yiannis Ritsos, poet.
June
- June 15: Peter Clentzos, athlete
July
- July 3: Stavros Niarchos, shipowner
August
- August 14: Manos Katrakis, actor
September
- September 7: Elia Kazan, Greek-American film director and producer.
Unknown
- Dionysis Kaltekis, footballer
- Amalia Fleming, activist, politician
- Stelios Kyriakidis, marathon runner
Deaths
July
- July 5: Neophytus VIII, Ecumenical Patriarch
October
- October 2: Theodoros Rallis, painter