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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
*[[1932]]: The National Theatre opens. Its first production is "Agamemnon" by [[Aeschylus]]. | *[[1932]]: The National Theatre opens. Its first production is "Agamemnon" by [[Aeschylus]]. | ||
| + | *[[1941]]: The first British and New Zealand troops arrive in [[Greece]] as a German attack is deemed imminent. | ||
*[[1984]]: [[Christina Onassis]] weds Thierry Roussel. | *[[1984]]: [[Christina Onassis]] weds Thierry Roussel. | ||
*[[1988]]: Sports fans in [[Larisa]] block the National Motorway protesting their local team's loss of four points in a doping scandal. The [[PASOK]] government will intervene and restore the four points to [[AE Larisa FC]]. | *[[1988]]: Sports fans in [[Larisa]] block the National Motorway protesting their local team's loss of four points in a doping scandal. The [[PASOK]] government will intervene and restore the four points to [[AE Larisa FC]]. | ||
Revision as of 19:15, June 3, 2006
Events
- 1932: The National Theatre opens. Its first production is "Agamemnon" by Aeschylus.
- 1941: The first British and New Zealand troops arrive in Greece as a German attack is deemed imminent.
- 1984: Christina Onassis weds Thierry Roussel.
- 1988: Sports fans in Larisa block the National Motorway protesting their local team's loss of four points in a doping scandal. The PASOK government will intervene and restore the four points to AE Larisa FC.
- 1995: Greek Foreign Minister, Karolos Papoulias, takes the initiative to have the embargo against Yugoslavia lifted.
Births
- 1920: Tonis Maroudas, Elafro singer.
- 1944: Juan Ramon Veron, former Panathinaikos footballer.
- 1952: Nikos Xydakis, composer.
Deaths
- 1988: Nikolas Asimos, song writer (suicide)