Difference between revisions of "November 2"

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1940: The Italian Air Force bombs Ioannina causing civilian casualties.
1967: The first, for Greece, open heart surgery procedure is successfully performed at Evangelismos Hospital in Athens
1977: Torrential rains cause the overflow of Kifissos and surrounding rivers. 12 people in Athens and Piraeus die from flood waters.
1982: The traffic ring is implemented for the first time in Athens in an effort to combat smog.
1991: Policeman Yiannis Varis is killed and 6 other policemen are injured by a rocket and grenade attack on a MAT bus in Exarchia, Athens. The Revolutionary Organization 17 November assumes responsibility.

1980: An unofficial Greek record is established in the match between Aris FC and OFI as the players of the two clubs hit the woodwork a total of 8 times!
1988: Nikos Anastopoulos plays his final game for the National Football Team of Greece against Romania.
2002: Marousi BC player, Angelos Koronios, breaks Nikos Galis' record for most points scored in the Greek A1 League.

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 *[[1790]]: [[Georg Ludwig von Maurer]], one of [[King Otto]]'s three Bavarian regents.
 *[[1911]]: [[Odysseus Elytis]], [http://nobelprize.org/ Nobel prize] winning poet, born in [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]]
+*[[1916]]: [[Al Campanis]], [[Greek-American]] baseball executive.
 *[[1938]]: [[Queen Sofia of Spain|Princess Sophia of Greece]] the future Queen of Spain.
 *[[1947]]: [[Giorgos Kolokithas]], basketball player.