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*[[1982]]: The traffic ring is implemented for the first time in [[Athens]] in an effort to combat smog. | *[[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. | *[[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. | ||
| + | *[[1991]]: [[Patriarch Bartholomew I|Bartholomew]] is elected Patriarch of Constntinople. | ||
===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
Revision as of 13:48, February 21, 2007
Events
- 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.
- 1991: Bartholomew is elected Patriarch of Constntinople.
Sports
- 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.
Births
- 1790: Georg Ludwig von Maurer, one of King Otto's three Bavarian regents.
- 1911: Odysseus Elytis, Nobel prize winning poet, born in Heraklion, Crete
- 1916: Al Campanis, Greek-American baseball executive.
- 1938: Princess Sophia of Greece the future Queen of Spain.
- 1947: Giorgos Kolokithas, basketball player.
Deaths
- 1960: Dimitris Mitropoulos, music composer