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*[[1943]]: German occupying forces execute 118 hostages in [[Monodendri]], [[Laconia]]. | *[[1943]]: German occupying forces execute 118 hostages in [[Monodendri]], [[Laconia]]. | ||
*[[1985]]: Officer Ioannis Georgakopoulos is killed when a bomb explodes near a MAT bus by the Hilton Hotel in downtown [[Athens]]. The [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]] assume responsibility. | *[[1985]]: Officer Ioannis Georgakopoulos is killed when a bomb explodes near a MAT bus by the Hilton Hotel in downtown [[Athens]]. The [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]] assume responsibility. | ||
| + | ===Sports=== | ||
| + | *[[1956]]: [[Georgios Roubanis]] wins the bronze medal in the [[pole vault]] at the Olympic Games of Melbourne. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
Revision as of 10:22, November 26, 2008
Events
- 1858: Syros is connected to the Greek mainland by telegraph wire.
- 1912: Greeks, led by Alexander Romas, seize from the Turkish army the hill of Driskos at Ioannina
- 1916: Greece declares war against Germany in WWI
- 1943: German occupying forces execute 118 hostages in Monodendri, Laconia.
- 1985: Officer Ioannis Georgakopoulos is killed when a bomb explodes near a MAT bus by the Hilton Hotel in downtown Athens. The Revolutionary Organization 17 November assume responsibility.
Sports
- 1956: Georgios Roubanis wins the bronze medal in the pole vault at the Olympic Games of Melbourne.
Births
- 1906: Michail Hadjikonstantis, WW II hero
- 1926: Panos Gavalas, popular singer
- 1927: Nikos Foskolos, director and screenplay writer
- 1986: Kostas Filippidis, athlete (pole vaulter).