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*[[2006]]: [[Methodios, Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain]] | *[[2006]]: [[Methodios, Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain]] | ||
*[[2007]]: [[Aristarchos Fountoukidis]], footballer | *[[2007]]: [[Aristarchos Fountoukidis]], footballer | ||
| + | *[[2009]]: [[Costas Chimonides]], [[high jump]] athlete, coach | ||
[[Category:Days]] | [[Category:Days]] | ||
Revision as of 17:54, July 7, 2009
Events
- 1858: By decree from the High Porte, Cretans are given the right to bear arms and elect their eldermen
- 1939: Ioannis Drosopoulos is approved as governor of the Bank of Greece
- 1979: Bank employees strike across Greece.
- 1980: Unidentified bombers destroy mega-stores Lampropoulos in Piraeus and Dragonas in Athens.
- 1994: The Greek government launches a formal protest against the decision of the Albanian Parliament to commemorate the "genocide" of the Albanian minority in Northern Greece.
Sports
- 2004: Gogo Tsiligiri breaks the Greek pole vault record with a jump of 4.47m
Births
- 1936: Nikos Xylouris, Cretan singer
- 1941: Georgios Souflias, politician
- 1979: Tasos Gousis, athlete (200m, 400m)
Deaths
- 1972: Patriarch Athenagoras
- 2006: Methodios, Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain
- 2007: Aristarchos Fountoukidis, footballer
- 2009: Costas Chimonides, high jump athlete, coach