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*[[1825]]: [[Laskarina Bouboulina]], heroine of the Greek [[War of Independence]]. | *[[1825]]: [[Laskarina Bouboulina]], heroine of the Greek [[War of Independence]]. | ||
| + | *[[1958]]: [[Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer]], colonial governor of [[Cyprus]] in the [[1930s]]. | ||
*[[2006]]: [[Kazimierz Gorski]], football coach. | *[[2006]]: [[Kazimierz Gorski]], football coach. | ||
[[Category:Days]] | [[Category:Days]] | ||
Revision as of 17:08, July 24, 2006
Events
- 1453: A lunar eclipse occurs while Constantinople is under siege by the Ottoman Turks. The Byzantines take it as a bad omen since an old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing.
- 1825: Laskarina Bouboulina, heroine of the Greek War of Independence, is shot dead after a family dispute with in-laws.
- 1963: MP Grigoris Lambrakis is run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists (Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Gotzamanis) after delivering the keynote speech at a pacifist meeting in Thessaloniki. He will die five days later.
- 2006: The 19th century painting The Naughty Grandchild by Nikiforos Lytras became the most expensively sold piece of artwork by a Greek painter, going for 1.08 million euros at an auction at Sotheby's in London.
Births
- 1907: Ploutis Servas, Cypriot politician, founder of AKEL.
- 1965: Fanis Christodoulou, basketball player.
Deaths
- 1825: Laskarina Bouboulina, heroine of the Greek War of Independence.
- 1958: Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer, colonial governor of Cyprus in the 1930s.
- 2006: Kazimierz Gorski, football coach.