Difference between revisions of "December 29"

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1823: Lord Byron arrives in Messolonghi.
1924: The Municipal Police Force is established in Athens.
1940: As the situation on the Albanian Front gets worse for the Italian forces, Mussolini replaces General Ubaldo Soddu with General Ugo Cavallero.
1953: Greece replaces the oka with the kilogram as the standard measure of weight.
1966: Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Kotzamanis are found guilty of "grievous bodily injuries" in the Grigorios Lambrakis trial in Thessaloniki. All the other accused are unanimously acquitted.
1972: Cyprus proclaims presidential elections to be held on February 8, 1973. Makarios is the only expected candidate.
1998: The governments of Greece and Cyprus decide to proceed with the installation of Russian made antiballistic missiles S-300 in Crete, ignoring Turkey's strong objections and reactions.

1958: OPAP is founded.
1973: Dimitris Kokolakis makes his debut with the national team against Great Britain in Athens. The “center” of Panathinaikos, Aris and Ilisiakos, will score a total of 1271 points in 177 caps.
1974: Costas Mourouzis coaches for the 40th, and last, time the National Basketball team (22 wins – 18 losses) in the game against Yugoslavia (58-71) in Salonica for the Balkan Championship. He will be succeeded by Vangelis Nikitopoulos.
1999: Vasilis Chatzipanagis receives a 1 million drachmas cheque from EPAE for his contribution to greek football and announces the foundation of a football academy in the year 2000

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 *[[1823]]: [[Lord Byron]] arrives in [[Messolonghi]].
 *[[1924]]: The Municipal Police Force is established in [[Athens]].
+*[[1940]]: As the situation on the Albanian Front gets worse for the Italian forces, Mussolini replaces General Ubaldo Soddu with General Ugo Cavallero.
 *[[1953]]: [[Greece]] replaces the oka with the kilogram as the standard measure of weight.
 *[[1966]]: Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Kotzamanis are found guilty of "grievous bodily injuries" in the [[Grigorios Lambrakis]] trial in [[Thessaloniki]]. All the other accused are unanimously acquitted.