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1903: Bulgarian nationalists revolt in Macedonia. This revolt would go down in history as the "Elias Day" ("Ilin Den") revolt as it took place on the feast day of the Prophet Elias.
1930: PM Eleftherios Venizelos inaugurates the underground station of Omonia Square.
1974: Turkey invades Cyprus.
1995: Turkish-Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash, threatens to declare union of the militarily-occupied northern part of Cyprus with Turkey, should the Republic of Cyprus join the European Union.

1908: Dimitrios Vikelas, author, first President of the International Olympic Committee.
1928: Kostas Karyotakis, poet - a suicide
1970: Panagiotis Pipinelis, politician, Prime Minister
1989: Yiannis Tsarouchis, painter
2002: Michalis Kritikopoulos, footballer

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 == Events ==
-*[[1903]]: Bulgarian nationalists revolt in [[Macedonia]]. This revolt would go down in history as the "Elias Day" ("Ili Den") revolt as it took place on the feast day of the [[Prophet Elias]].
+*[[1903]]: Bulgarian nationalists revolt in [[Macedonia]]. This revolt would go down in history as the "Elias Day" ("Ilin Den") revolt as it took place on the feast day of the [[Prophet Elias]].
+*[[1930]]: PM [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] inaugurates the underground station of Omonia Square.
 *[[1974]]: Turkey invades [[Cyprus]].
 *[[1995]]: Turkish-Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash, threatens to declare union of the militarily-occupied northern part of [[Cyprus]] with Turkey, should the Republic of Cyprus join the European Union.