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==Births== | ==Births== | ||
*[[1837]]: Patriarch [[Joachim IV of Constantinople]] | *[[1837]]: Patriarch [[Joachim IV of Constantinople]] | ||
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| + | *[[2010]]: [[Yiannis Papaspyrou]], politician, Mayor of [[Piraeus]]. | ||
[[Category:Days]] | [[Category:Days]] | ||
Revision as of 09:01, July 7, 2010
Events
- 1902: A powerful earthquake (6.5 on the Richter scale) strikes Thessaloniki
- 1928: Eleftherios Venizelos' Laiko Komma win the national elections.
- 1958: British troops fire upon civilian protesters in Avgorou, Cyprus, killing pregnant mother Loukia Papageorgiou.
- 1965: Maria Callas appears for the last time in an opera, at Covent Garden in London, in "Tosca" directed by Franco Zefirelli.
- 1970: Cyprus holds its second parliamentary elections with the abstention of the Turkish Cypriot community.
- 1994: The European Court declares the importation of products from Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus "illegal and contrary to EU legislation".
Sports
- 1986: Nikos Galis scores a record 53 points as Greece beat Panama 110-81 for the World Basketball Championship in Zaragoza
- 1992: Nikos Galis leaves Aris Salonica when the club president president Theofilos Mitroudis offers him a coaching post suggesting he should stop his career as a player. Ten days later, Galis moves to Athens.
- 1998: Greek-American Pete Sampras wins his 5th successive Wimbledon title, equalling the record set by Bjorn Borg.
Births
- 1837: Patriarch Joachim IV of Constantinople
Deaths
- 2010: Yiannis Papaspyrou, politician, Mayor of Piraeus.