Difference between revisions of "1906"

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March 23: Guerrila leader, Georgios Skalidis, is killed in a battle against Turks, near Monastir, during the Macedonian Struggle.
March 26: Georgios Theotokis triumphs in the Greek general elections.

April 18 (NS): King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra arrive in Athens to attend the 1906 Athens Olympiad.
April 22 (NS): The 1906 Athens "Olympiad" commences. This competition was outside the Olympic Games' four-year cycle and was organised in order to revive the Games which were in danger of dying out after the 1904 St Louis circus-like flop.

July 9: Metropolitan Photius of Korytsa is murdered during the Macedonian Struggle.
July 16: A pogrom takes place against the Greeks of Philippoupolis (Plovdiv), Eastern Rumelia. Churches and schools are destroyed.
July 30: Bulgarian guerrilas attack and destroy the Greek section of Anchialos, Eastern Rumelia.

September 2: Guerrila leader Athanasios Hadjipanagis is slain in a battle against Turkish forces near Serres.
September 18: Alexandros Zaimis arrives in Crete to take over as High Commissioner.

November 8: Miltiades Iatridis, naval officer
November 18: Alec Issigonis, the engineer who designed the legendary Mini in the 50s

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 ===April===
 *[[April 18]] (NS): King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra arrive in [[Athens]] to attend the 1906 Athens Olympiad.
-*[[April 22]] (NS): The 1906 Athens "Olympiad" commences. This competition was outside the Olympic Games' four-year cycle and was organised in order to revive the Games which were in danger of dying out after the 1904 St Louis circus-like flop.
+*[[April 22]] (NS): The [[1906 Summer Olympics|1906 Athens "Olympiad"]] commences. This competition was outside the Olympic Games' four-year cycle and was organised in order to revive the Games which were in danger of dying out after the 1904 St Louis circus-like flop.
 ===July===
 *[[July 9]]: Metropolitan Photius of [[Korytsa]] is murdered during the [[Macedonian Struggle]].