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961: Nicephorus Phocas liberates Crete from the Saracens.
1907: Marinos Antypas, an advocate of agrarian reform, is assassinated in Thessaly.
1941: The first British and New Zealand land troops arrive in Greece as a German attack is deemed imminent.
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.

2004: Basketball coach Yiannis Ioannidis and sports journalist Dimitris Konstantaras are elected to the Greek Parliament.
2012: APOEL become the first Cypriot club to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions' League after eliminating Lyon 4-3 on penalties. The regulation-time score was 1-0 which equalised the 0-1 loss in France.

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 *[[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
+*[[2004]]: [[Basketball]] coach [[Yiannis Ioannidis]] and sports journalist [[Dimitris Konstantaras]] are elected to the [[Greek Parliament]].
+*[[2012]]: [[APOEL FC|APOEL]] become the first [[Cypriot]] club to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions' League after eliminating Lyon 4-3 on penalties. The regulation-time score was 1-0 which equalised the 0-1 loss in France.
 ==Births==