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*[[1961]]: Torrential rains cause floodings in [[Athens]] and the suburbs. 40 dead and thousands of flood victims. | *[[1961]]: Torrential rains cause floodings in [[Athens]] and the suburbs. 40 dead and thousands of flood victims. | ||
| + | *[[2006]]: [[Chrysostomos II of Cyprus|Chrysostomos II]] is elected [[List of Archbishops of Cyprus|Archbishop of Cyprus]] | ||
==Sports== | ==Sports== | ||
Revision as of 15:03, November 7, 2006
Events
- 1825: 15,000 Egyptian troops under Ibrahim Pasha land in Rumeli to aid in the siege of Messolonghi.
- 1901: Violence errupts in downtown Athens, on the occasion of a release of The Bible translated in dimotiki by Alexander Pallis. These disturbances went down in history as "Ta Evangelika"
- 1928: Greece acknowledges Albania's rule over Northern Epirus
- 1961: Torrential rains cause floodings in Athens and the suburbs. 40 dead and thousands of flood victims.
- 2006: Chrysostomos II is elected Archbishop of Cyprus
Sports
- 1960: Panathinaikos plays his first offical European competitive football game against the Czechoslovakian team of Spartak Hradec Kralove for the European Champions Cup and loses 1-0.
- 1974: Olympiakos humble Anderlecht 3-0 in the 2nd Leg of their European Champions' Cup matchup. Hungarian referee Palotay disallowed two other goals by Olympiakos who were thus eliminated.
Births
- 1958: Evanthia Reboutsika, musician, composer
Deaths
- 1835: Henri de Rigny, French admiral at the Battle of Navarino
- 1952: Yiannis Andrianopoulos, Olympiakos footballer and coach
- 2000: Yiannis Nembidis, football player