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*[[2003]]: The island of [[Lefkada]] is rocked by a powerful earthquake (6.4 on the Richter scale). | *[[2003]]: The island of [[Lefkada]] is rocked by a powerful earthquake (6.4 on the Richter scale). | ||
*[[2005]]: [[Helios Airways Flight 522]] air disaster | *[[2005]]: [[Helios Airways Flight 522]] air disaster | ||
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| + | *[[1938]]: [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] breaks the Greek record for the [[long jump]] with 7.37m. This record stood for 21 years. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
Revision as of 13:29, August 28, 2009
Events
- 1954: Communist Nikos Ploumbidis is executed by firing squad for espionage.
- 1974: Turkish military launch the second phase ("Attila 2") of their invasion of Cyprus resulting in the occupation of one-third of the island's territory. 200,000 Greeks are displaced from their homes.
- 1996: Solomos Spirou Solomou is shot dead by Turkish troops at Derynia, Cyprus - he climbed on a flagpole, to lower the raised Turkish flag.
- 2003: The island of Lefkada is rocked by a powerful earthquake (6.4 on the Richter scale).
- 2005: Helios Airways Flight 522 air disaster
Sports
- 1938: Grigoris Lambrakis breaks the Greek record for the long jump with 7.37m. This record stood for 21 years.
Births
- 1878: Georgios Kondilis, general, politician
- 1909: Manos Katrakis, actor
- 1974: Giorgos Doukas, singer
- 1977: Elisavet Mystakidou Tae kwon do athlete
Deaths
- 1981: Giourkas Seitaridis (elder), footballer