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*[[1935]]: [[Andreas Stamatiadis]], footballer. | *[[1935]]: [[Andreas Stamatiadis]], footballer. | ||
| + | *[[1972]]: [[Stan Lazaridis]], [[Greek-Australian]] footballer. | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
Revision as of 10:34, March 15, 2007
Events
- 1943: The village of Kommeno, Arta prefecture, is destroyed by the Germans. 317 of its inhabitants are slain.
- 1960: Cyprus is officially proclaimed a republic with Archbishop Makarios III as president and Dr Fazil Kucuk as vice-president.
- 1974: Morphou is occupied by Turkish troops, its inhabitants flee.
- 1974: Andreas Papandreou returns to Greece.
Sports
- 1966: Giorgos Koudas debuts with Olympiakos in a pre-season friendly. Koudas will return to PAOK in 1967 without having played a single competitive game for Olympiakos.
- 2004: Nikos Siranidis and Thomas Bimis win the gold medal, the first for Greece in the Athens Olympic Games, in the 3m platform synchronized diving
Births
- 1935: Andreas Stamatiadis, footballer.
- 1972: Stan Lazaridis, Greek-Australian footballer.
Deaths
- 1971: Spyros Skouras, Greek-American President of 20th Century Fox.
- 2005: Viki Moscholiou, music performer
- 2006: Metropolitan Panteleimon (Karanikolas) of Corinth