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*[[1453]]: Byzantines saw the lunar eclipse that occured while [[Constantinople]] was under siege as a bad omen. An old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing in the sky. | *[[1453]]: Byzantines saw the lunar eclipse that occured while [[Constantinople]] was under siege as a bad omen. An old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing in the sky. | ||
| − | *[[1825]]: [[Laskarina Bouboulina]] | + | *[[1825]]: [[Laskarina Bouboulina]] was shot dead after a family dispute with in-laws. |
*[[1963]]: MP [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] was run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists. He died five days later. | *[[1963]]: MP [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] was run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists. He died five days later. | ||
*[[2006]]: The 19th century painting '''''The Naughty Grandchild''''' by [[Nikiforos Lytras]] became the most expensively sold piece of artwork by a Greek painter, going for 1.08 million euros at an auction at Sotheby's in London. | *[[2006]]: The 19th century painting '''''The Naughty Grandchild''''' by [[Nikiforos Lytras]] became the most expensively sold piece of artwork by a Greek painter, going for 1.08 million euros at an auction at Sotheby's in London. | ||
Revision as of 12:51, May 22, 2008
- 1453: Byzantines saw the lunar eclipse that occured while Constantinople was under siege as a bad omen. An old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing in the sky.
- 1825: Laskarina Bouboulina was shot dead after a family dispute with in-laws.
- 1963: MP Grigoris Lambrakis was run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists. He died five days later.
- 2006: The 19th century painting The Naughty Grandchild by Nikiforos Lytras became the most expensively sold piece of artwork by a Greek painter, going for 1.08 million euros at an auction at Sotheby's in London.
- Births: Ploutis Servas, Cypriot politician, founder of AKEL (1907), Fanis Christodoulou, basketball player (1965).
- Deaths: Laskarina Bouboulina(1825), Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer, colonial governor of Cyprus in the 1930s (1958).