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963: Nicephorus Phocas is proclaimed co-emperor of Byzantium.
1834: Martial law is declared in Greece due to the revolt in Messenia
1943: The village of Kommeno, Arta prefecture, is destroyed by the Germans. 317 of its inhabitants are slain.
1960: Cyprus is officially proclaimed a republic with Archbishop Makarios III as president and Dr Fazil Kucuk as vice-president.
1969: A Greek couple - Dr. Vasilis Tsironis and his wife - hijack an Olympic Airways DC-3, forcing the pilot to land in Vlore, Albania.
1974: Morphou is occupied by Turkish troops, its inhabitants flee.
1974: Andreas Papandreou returns to Greece.

1951: Jason Zirganos swims across the English Channel in 14hrs 1min.
1966: Giorgos Koudas debuts with Olympiakos in a pre-season friendly. Koudas will return to PAOK in 1967 without having played a single competitive game for Olympiakos.
2004: Nikos Siranidis and Thomas Bimis win the gold medal, the first for Greece in the Athens Olympic Games, in the 3m platform synchronized diving

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 *[[1974]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]] returns to [[Greece]].
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+*[[1951]]: [[Jason Zirganos]] swims across the English Channel in 14hrs 1min.
 *[[1966]]: [[Giorgos Koudas]] debuts with [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] in a pre-season friendly. Koudas will return to [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] in [[1967]] without having played a single competitive game for Olympiakos.
 *[[2004]]: [[Nikos Siranidis]] and [[Thomas Bimis]] win the gold medal, the first for Greece in the Athens Olympic Games, in the 3m platform synchronized diving