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August 22

• 1686: Venetian General Francesco Morosini took Nafplio from the Turks.
• 1939: The volcano at Santorini erupted.
• 2004: Fani Halkia set a new Olympic record in the 400m hurdles semi-finals with 52.77.
• 2004: Demosthenes Tambakos won the gold medal with 9,862 points in the rings competition at the Athens Olympic Games
• 2006: Major fires broke out in Chalkidiki prefecture.
• 2007: Theo Zagorakis played his 120th and final game for Greece.
• Deaths:: Pavlos Kountouriotis (1935), Admiral, President of Greece; Gina Bachauer (1976), Greek pianist

Recent days: August 21 - August 20

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The Art Gallery

The blowing up of the Turkish flagship by Kanaris - a painting by Nikiforos Lytras, 143x109 cm. Averoff Gallery.

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