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*[[1822]]: The [[Battle of Dervenakia]] takes place. | *[[1822]]: The [[Battle of Dervenakia]] takes place. | ||
*[[1989]]: Fires destroy forrested areas of Mt [[Parnitha]]. | *[[1989]]: Fires destroy forrested areas of Mt [[Parnitha]]. | ||
+ | *[[2001]]: A strong earthquake (6.4 on the Richter scale) causes damage to buildings in [[Skyros]]. | ||
===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
*[[1925]]: [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] gives their first football match by winning [[Iraklis FC|Iraklis]] in [[Thessaloniki]] with 2-1. The fourleaf clover, on the players' shirt, will be replaced by the two-headed eagle on 20/3/1929, when the team will merge with AEK Thessaloniki | *[[1925]]: [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] gives their first football match by winning [[Iraklis FC|Iraklis]] in [[Thessaloniki]] with 2-1. The fourleaf clover, on the players' shirt, will be replaced by the two-headed eagle on 20/3/1929, when the team will merge with AEK Thessaloniki |
Revision as of 13:01, October 17, 2008
Events
- 811: The Bulgarians under Tsar Krum defeat the Byzantines at the Battle of Pliska.
- 1822: The Battle of Dervenakia takes place.
- 1989: Fires destroy forrested areas of Mt Parnitha.
- 2001: A strong earthquake (6.4 on the Richter scale) causes damage to buildings in Skyros.
Sports
- 1925: PAOK gives their first football match by winning Iraklis in Thessaloniki with 2-1. The fourleaf clover, on the players' shirt, will be replaced by the two-headed eagle on 20/3/1929, when the team will merge with AEK Thessaloniki
- 1964: Christos Papanikolaou breaks the Greek record in pole vault with 4.73m in Cairo.
- 1996: Pyrros Dimas wins gold in the Atlanta Olympic Games.
- 2005: Anorthosis Famagusta defeat Trabzonspor 3-1 in Nicosia.
Births
- 1940: Tolis Voskopoulos, singer
- 1949: Walter Wagner, footballer
Deaths
- 811: Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor
- 1867: King Otto
- 1930: Pavlos Karolidis, historian
- 1953: Nikolaos Plastiras, general and politician
- 1957: Dorotheus, Archbishop of Athens