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1914: The Greeks of Northern Epirus declare their independence in Argyrokastro.
1957: EOKA fighter Stylianos Lenas is wounded in a battle with British soldiers. He will die from his injuries on March 28.
1982: Civil wedding ceremonies are given equal status to religious ones in Greece.
2008: Ioannis Kasoulidis wins the first round of the Cyprus presidential elections with 33.51%. AKEL chairman, Dimitris Christofias places second with 33.29%. Incumbent President, Tasos Papadopoulos is eliminiated from the runoff as he places third with 31.79%.

1999: Nikos Polychronopoulos wins the gold medal at the European Juniors Billiard Championship in Murcia, Spain.
2007: Greek-Australian Michael Katsidis wins the World Boxing Organisation interim lightweight title by defeating Graham Earl.
2010: Michalis Stamatoyiannis breaks the Greek shot put indoor record with 20.36 in Athens. The old record stood for 24 years.

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 *[[1999]]: [[Nikos Polychronopoulos]] wins the gold medal at the European Juniors Billiard Championship in Murcia, Spain.
 *[[2007]]: [[Greek-Australian]] [[Michael Katsidis]] wins the World Boxing Organisation interim lightweight title by defeating Graham Earl.
+*[[2010]]: [[Michalis Stamatoyiannis]] breaks the Greek [[shot put]] indoor record with 20.36 in [[Athens]]. The old record stood for 24 years.
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