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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
| − | *[[1963]]: [[Constantine Karamanlis]] | + | *[[1898]]: [[Prince George of Greece]] arrives in [[Crete]] as the High Commissioner of Crete. |
| + | *[[1929]]: [[Pavlos Kountouriotis]] resigns from the office of [[List of Presidents of Greece|President of Greece]] for health reasons. | ||
| + | *[[1963]]: [[Constantine Karamanlis]] resigns from the leadership of his party, [[National Radical Union]] (ERE), and leaves for an 11-year self-imposed exile to Paris, France. | ||
| + | ===Sports=== | ||
| + | *[[1987]]: [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] defeat Honved 5-1, overturning a 2-5 deficit from the first leg and advancing in the UEFA Cup. | ||
| + | *[[2012]]: Greece defeat Hungary 9-5 and win the gold medal in the women’s FINA World Youth Water Polo Championship in Perth, Australia. | ||
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| + | ==Births== | ||
| + | *[[1859]]: [[Georgios Drosinis]], writer, poet | ||
| + | *[[1883]]: [[Alexandros Papagos]], Prime Minister and the only Field Marshall in Greek military history. | ||
| + | *[[1929]]: [[John Cassavetes]], [[Greek-American]] actor | ||
| + | *[[1954]]: [[Henk ten Cate]], football coach | ||
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| + | ==Deaths== | ||
| + | *[[638]]: [[Sergius I of Constantinople|Sergius I]], [[List of Constantinople patriarchs|Patriarch of Constantinople]]. | ||
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| + | ==Feast day== | ||
| + | ===Greek Orthodox=== | ||
| + | *[[Saint Anne]] | ||
[[Category:Days]] | [[Category:Days]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:17, December 11, 2012
Events
- 1898: Prince George of Greece arrives in Crete as the High Commissioner of Crete.
- 1929: Pavlos Kountouriotis resigns from the office of President of Greece for health reasons.
- 1963: Constantine Karamanlis resigns from the leadership of his party, National Radical Union (ERE), and leaves for an 11-year self-imposed exile to Paris, France.
Sports
- 1987: Panathinaikos defeat Honved 5-1, overturning a 2-5 deficit from the first leg and advancing in the UEFA Cup.
- 2012: Greece defeat Hungary 9-5 and win the gold medal in the women’s FINA World Youth Water Polo Championship in Perth, Australia.
Births
- 1859: Georgios Drosinis, writer, poet
- 1883: Alexandros Papagos, Prime Minister and the only Field Marshall in Greek military history.
- 1929: John Cassavetes, Greek-American actor
- 1954: Henk ten Cate, football coach