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*[[1805]]: [[Konstantinos Broumidis]], painter | *[[1805]]: [[Konstantinos Broumidis]], painter | ||
*[[1940]]: [[Tolis Voskopoulos]], singer | *[[1940]]: [[Tolis Voskopoulos]], singer | ||
| + | *[[1945]]: [[Panagiotis Pikrammenos]], Prime Minister | ||
*[[1949]]: [[Walter Wagner]], footballer | *[[1949]]: [[Walter Wagner]], footballer | ||
*[[1966]]: [[Pambos Pittas]], [[Cypriot]] footballer | *[[1966]]: [[Pambos Pittas]], [[Cypriot]] footballer | ||
Revision as of 12:03, May 17, 2012
Events
- 811: The Bulgarians under Tsar Krum defeat the Byzantines at the Battle of Pliska.
- 1822: The Battle of Dervenakia takes place.
- 1920: King Alexander visits newly-liberated Adrianoupolis (Edirne).
- 1989: Fires destroy forrested areas of Mt Parnitha.
- 2001: A strong earthquake (6.4 on the Richter scale) causes damage to buildings in Skyros.
Sports
- 1925: PAOK play their first football match defeating Iraklis in Thessaloniki 2-1. The fourleaf clover, on the players' shirt, will be replaced by the two-headed eagle on 20/3/1929, when the team will merge with AEK Thessaloniki
- 1964: Christos Papanikolaou breaks the Greek record in pole vault with 4.73m in Cairo.
- 1996: Pyrros Dimas wins gold in the Atlanta Olympic Games.
- 2005: Anorthosis Famagusta defeat Trabzonspor 3-1 in Nicosia.
- 2009: The Greek U-20 basketball team defeat France 90-85 and win the European Championship.
Births
- 1805: Konstantinos Broumidis, painter
- 1940: Tolis Voskopoulos, singer
- 1945: Panagiotis Pikrammenos, Prime Minister
- 1949: Walter Wagner, footballer
- 1966: Pambos Pittas, Cypriot footballer
- 1984: Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot athlete (high jump)
Deaths
- 811: Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor
- 1867: King Otto
- 1930: Pavlos Karolidis, historian
- 1947: Archbishop of Cyprus Leontios
- 1953: Nikolaos Plastiras, general and politician
- 1957: Dorotheus, Archbishop of Athens