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==Sports== | ==Sports== | ||
*[[1949]]: The [[National Football Team]] of Greece defeat Syria 8-0 in the greatest win ever. [[Antonis Papantoniou]] (3), [[Angelos Vasiliadis]] (2), [[Kleanthis Maropoulos]] and [[Yiannis Nembidis]] (2) were the scorers. | *[[1949]]: The [[National Football Team]] of Greece defeat Syria 8-0 in the greatest win ever. [[Antonis Papantoniou]] (3), [[Angelos Vasiliadis]] (2), [[Kleanthis Maropoulos]] and [[Yiannis Nembidis]] (2) were the scorers. | ||
| + | *[[2006]]: [[Aris Gregoriadis]] sets a Greek record for 100m freestyle swimming at a Volos meeting with a time of 48:76. He held the previous record (49:06), set one week previously at Thessaloniki. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
Revision as of 14:23, November 26, 2006
Events
- 1892: A young Frenchmen named Pierre de Coubertin, first pitched his idea to revive the Olympic Games at a meeting of the Union des Sports Athlétiques in Paris.
- 1973: A coup was orchestrated by the head of the feared military police, Brigadier Dimitrios Ioannides and deposed Greek Government headed by self-appointed President George Papadopoulos, after weeks of unrest.
- 1987: Constantine Simitis, then Minister of National Economy, resigned because he felt that his policies were being undermined.
Sports
- 1949: The National Football Team of Greece defeat Syria 8-0 in the greatest win ever. Antonis Papantoniou (3), Angelos Vasiliadis (2), Kleanthis Maropoulos and Yiannis Nembidis (2) were the scorers.
- 2006: Aris Gregoriadis sets a Greek record for 100m freestyle swimming at a Volos meeting with a time of 48:76. He held the previous record (49:06), set one week previously at Thessaloniki.
Births
- 1939: Eleni Karaindrou, music composer
Deaths
- 1957: Prince George of Greece, former High Commissioner of Crete