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==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| + | *[[1910]]: [[Yiannis Papaioannou (Composer)|Yiannis Papaioannou]], composer, music teacher. | ||
*[[1934]]: [[Tassos Papadopoulos]], President of [[Cyprus]]. | *[[1934]]: [[Tassos Papadopoulos]], President of [[Cyprus]]. | ||
Revision as of 11:35, December 26, 2006
Events
- 1931: The mutilated corpse of builder Dimitrios Athanasopoulos is found. This, one of the most heinous crimes in Greek annals, was later discovered to be the work of Athanasopoulos' wife and his mother-in-law.
Sports
- 1973: Greece is defeated by Spain with 3-2 (Koudas-Domazos) for the Germany World Cup qualifiers, having already lost with 3-1 in the first match in Malaga. Greece will be defeated twice by the other team of the group, Yugoslavia (0-1 in Belgrade and 2-4 at Karaiskaki stadium) and will be eliminated.
- 1999: Greek boat Aera (Nikos Lykiardopoulos, Panagiotis Papadeas, Michalis Benakis, etc) ranks first at the Sydney-Hobart sailing race. Exterme weather conditions made the race very difficult. Four sailors drowned when their boat capsized.
Births
- 1910: Yiannis Papaioannou, composer, music teacher.
- 1934: Tassos Papadopoulos, President of Cyprus.
Deaths
- 1904: Emmanuel Roidis, writer
- 1944: Napoleon Lapathiotis, poet (suicide)
- 2006: Leon Karapanagiotis, reporter, newspaper manager (Ta Nea)
Namesday
Greek Orthodox
- Saint John the Baptist. Celebrating today: Ioannis (Yiannis, John), Ioanna, Prodromos, Zannetos