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==Births== | ==Births== | ||
===January=== | ===January=== | ||
| − | *[[January 15]] | + | *[[January 15]]: [[Aristotle Onassis]], shipping tycoon |
| + | ===February=== | ||
| + | *[[February 26]]: [[Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gikas]], painter | ||
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===July=== | ===July=== | ||
*[[July 14]]: [[Tom Carvel]], [[Greek-American]] businessman | *[[July 14]]: [[Tom Carvel]], [[Greek-American]] businessman | ||
Revision as of 11:02, November 17, 2006
Events
- 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.
Births
January
- January 15: Aristotle Onassis, shipping tycoon
February
- February 26: Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gikas, painter
July
- July 14: Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman
November
- November 18: Alec Issigonis, the engineer who designed the legendary Mini in the 50s