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*[[1977]]: Torrential rains cause the overflow of [[Kifissos River|Kifissos]] and surrounding rivers. 12 people in [[Athens]] and [[Piraeus]] die from flood waters. | *[[1977]]: Torrential rains cause the overflow of [[Kifissos River|Kifissos]] and surrounding rivers. 12 people in [[Athens]] and [[Piraeus]] die from flood waters. | ||
*[[1982]]: The traffic ring is implemented for the first time in [[Athens]] in an effort to combat smog. | *[[1982]]: The traffic ring is implemented for the first time in [[Athens]] in an effort to combat smog. | ||
+ | ===Sports=== | ||
+ | *[[1980]]: An unofficial Greek record is established in the match between [[Aris FC]] and [[OFI FC|OFI]] as the players of the two clubs hit the woodwork a total of 8 times! | ||
+ | *[[1988]]: [[Nikos Anastopoulos]] plays his final game for the [[National Football Team]] of [[Greece]] against Romania. | ||
+ | *[[2002]]: [[Marousi BC]] player, [[Angelos Koronios]], breaks [[Nikos Galis]]' record for most points scored in the Greek [[A1 League]]. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== |
Revision as of 10:18, October 29, 2006
Events
- 1940: The Italian Air Force bombs Ioannina causing civilian casualties.
- 1967: The first, for Greece, open heart surgery procedure is successfully performed at Evangelismos Hospital in Athens
- 1977: Torrential rains cause the overflow of Kifissos and surrounding rivers. 12 people in Athens and Piraeus die from flood waters.
- 1982: The traffic ring is implemented for the first time in Athens in an effort to combat smog.
Sports
- 1980: An unofficial Greek record is established in the match between Aris FC and OFI as the players of the two clubs hit the woodwork a total of 8 times!
- 1988: Nikos Anastopoulos plays his final game for the National Football Team of Greece against Romania.
- 2002: Marousi BC player, Angelos Koronios, breaks Nikos Galis' record for most points scored in the Greek A1 League.
Births
- 1911: Odysseus Elytis, Nobel prize winning poet, born in Heraklion, Crete
- 1938: Princess Sophia of Greece the future Queen of Spain.
- 1947: Giorgos Kolokithas, basketball player.
Deaths
- 1960: Dimitris Mitropoulos, music composer