Difference between revisions of "August 2"

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338 BC - Rise of Macedon: Philip II of Macedon crushes Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea.
1645: The Ottoman army seizes Chania, Crete. The commander of the Turkish force however was executed for losing 40,000 men in the siege.
1679: Athanasius IV becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
1859: King Otto lays the cornerstone of the building of the Academy of Athens.
1989: Former Panathinaikos footballer, Lakis Sofianos, is found hanged in his prison cell.
1991: The daily sports journal Ora gia Sport is first published. The Sebos family is the publisher after their withdrawal from Athlitiki Iho.

1974: Maroula Lambrou breaks the Greek women's record in the long jump with a jump of 6.62m.
1997: Angelos Pavlakakis breaks the Greek record for the 100m with 10.11.
2006: Nery Niangkouara set a new national record and the bronze metal at the European Swimming Championship in Budapest finishing in third place in the women's 100m freestyle with 54.48".

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 *[[1991]]: The daily sports journal ''Ora gia Sport'' is first published. The Sebos family is the publisher after their withdrawal from ''Athlitiki Iho''.
 ===Sports===
+*[[1974]]: [[Maroula Lambrou]] breaks the Greek women's record in the [[long jump]] with a jump of 6.62m.
 *[[1997]]: [[Angelos Pavlakakis]] breaks the Greek record for the [[100m]] with 10.11.
 *[[2006]]: [[Nery Mantey Niangkouara|Nery Niangkouara]] set a new national record and the bronze metal at the European Swimming Championship in Budapest finishing in third place in the women's 100m freestyle with 54.48".