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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
*[[532]]: The [[Nika riots]] are put down by General [[Belisarius]]. 30,000 rioters are slain in [[Constantinople]]. | *[[532]]: The [[Nika riots]] are put down by General [[Belisarius]]. 30,000 rioters are slain in [[Constantinople]]. | ||
| + | *[[1913]]: The [[Naval Battle of Lemnos]] ends in Greek victory. | ||
*[[1957]] - [[EOKA]] guerilla fighter, [[Markos Drakos]], is ambushed and slain by the British at [[Solea]], [[Cyprus]]. | *[[1957]] - [[EOKA]] guerilla fighter, [[Markos Drakos]], is ambushed and slain by the British at [[Solea]], [[Cyprus]]. | ||
*[[1996]] - [[Costas Simitis]] becomes leader of [[PASOK]] and Prime Minister of Greece | *[[1996]] - [[Costas Simitis]] becomes leader of [[PASOK]] and Prime Minister of Greece | ||
[[Image:Tsitsanis3.jpg|thumb|260px|[[Vasilis Tsitsanis]] was born this day]] | [[Image:Tsitsanis3.jpg|thumb|260px|[[Vasilis Tsitsanis]] was born this day]] | ||
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==Births== | ==Births== | ||
*[[1915]]: [[Vassilis Tsitsanis]] | *[[1915]]: [[Vassilis Tsitsanis]] | ||
Revision as of 18:50, May 22, 2006
Events
- 532: The Nika riots are put down by General Belisarius. 30,000 rioters are slain in Constantinople.
- 1913: The Naval Battle of Lemnos ends in Greek victory.
- 1957 - EOKA guerilla fighter, Markos Drakos, is ambushed and slain by the British at Solea, Cyprus.
- 1996 - Costas Simitis becomes leader of PASOK and Prime Minister of Greece
Vasilis Tsitsanis was born this day
Births
Deaths
- 474: Leo I, Byzantine emperor
- 1957 - Markos Drakos
- 1984 - Vassilis Tsitsanis
- 1997: Paul Tsongas, Greek-American politician.