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1919: The first Greek units land in Odessa, Russia, as part of the Ukraine Expedition, in the Allies' effort to stem the tide of Bolshevism.
1931: The mutilated corpse of builder Dimitrios Athanasopoulos is found. This, one of the most heinous crimes in Greek annals, was later discovered to be the work of Athanasopoulos' wife and his mother-in-law.

1973: Greece is defeated by Spain with 3-2 (Koudas-Domazos) for the Germany World Cup qualifiers, having already lost with 3-1 in the first match in Malaga. Greece will be defeated twice by the other team of the group, Yugoslavia (0-1 in Belgrade and 2-4 at Karaiskaki stadium) and will be eliminated.
1999: Greek boat Aera (Nikos Lykiardopoulos, Panagiotis Papadeas, Michalis Benakis, etc) ranks first at the Sydney-Hobart sailing race. Extreme weather conditions made the race very difficult. Four sailors drowned when their boat capsized.

Saint John the Baptist. Celebrating today: Ioannis (Yiannis, John), Ioanna, Prodromos, Zannetos

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 ==Events==
+*[[1919]]: The first Greek units land in Odessa, Russia, as part of the [[Ukraine Expedition]], in the Allies' effort to stem the tide of Bolshevism.
 *[[1931]]: The mutilated corpse of builder [[Dimitrios Athanasopoulos]] is found. This, one of the most heinous crimes in Greek annals, was later discovered to be the work of Athanasopoulos' wife and his mother-in-law.
 ===Sports===