Difference between revisions of "August 2"

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338 BC - Rise of Macedon: Philip II of Macedon crushes Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea.
1645: The Ottoman army seizes Chania, Crete. The commander of the Turkish force however was executed for losing 40,000 men in the siege.
1859: King Otto lays the cornerstone of the building of the Academy of Athens.
1989: Former Panathinaikos footballer, Lakis Sofianos, is found hanged in his prison cell.
1991: The daily sports journal Ora gia Sport is first published. The Sebos family is the publisher after their withdrawal from Athlitiki Iho.

2006: Nery Niangkouara set a new national record and the bronze metal at the European Swimming Championship in Budapest finishing in third place in the women's 100m freestyle with 54.48".

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 *[[338 BC]] - Rise of [[Macedon]]: [[Philip II of Macedon]] crushes [[Athens]] and [[Thebes]] in the [[Battle of Chaeronea]].
 *[[1645]]: The Ottoman army seizes [[Chania]], [[Crete]]. The commander of the Turkish force however was executed for losing 40,000 men in the siege.
+*[[1859]]: [[King Otto]] lays the cornerstone of the building of the [[Academy of Athens]].
 *[[1989]]: Former [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] footballer, [[Lakis Sofianos]], is found hanged in his prison cell.
 *[[1991]]: The daily sports journal ''Ora gia Sport'' is first published. The Sebos family is the publisher after their withdrawal from ''Athlitiki Iho''.