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*[[1934]]: [[Giorgos Katsaros]], composer | *[[1934]]: [[Giorgos Katsaros]], composer | ||
| + | *[[1947]]: [[Georgios Petsos]], politician | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
Revision as of 15:40, July 15, 2009
Events
- 961: Nicephorus Phocas liberates Crete from the Saracens.
- 1907: Marinos Antypas, an advocate of agrarian reform, is assassinated in Thessaly.
- 1945: Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras rules out Communists for his cabinet.
- 1948: The Dodecanese officially become part of Greece.
- 1964: Fighting breaks out in Mallia, Lemesos province, Cyprus between Cypriot National Guardsmen and Turkish Cypriot irregulars.
- 2004: Costas Karamanlis is elected Greek Prime Minister over Giorgos Papandreou. Karamanlis' New Democracy Party receives 45.36% of the vote whereas Papandreou's PASOK receives 40.55%. The Communist KKE is third with a 5.90% share of the vote.
Sports
- 2004: Basketball coach Yiannis Ioannidis and sports journalist Dimitris Konstantaras are elected to the Greek Parliament
Births
- 1934: Giorgos Katsaros, composer
- 1947: Georgios Petsos, politician
Deaths
- 322 BC: Aristotle, philosopher, teacher of Alexander the Great.
- 1907: Marinos Antypas, labour organiser