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*[[1864]]: [[Ioannis Makrygiannis]], hero of the Greek [[War of Independence]]. | *[[1864]]: [[Ioannis Makrygiannis]], hero of the Greek [[War of Independence]]. | ||
*[[2007]]: [[Marios Tokas]], songwriter | *[[2007]]: [[Marios Tokas]], songwriter | ||
| + | *[[2016]]: [[Oscar Alvarez]], footballer | ||
[[Category:Days]] | [[Category:Days]] | ||
Revision as of 06:04, April 29, 2016
Events
- 1941: The Germans enter Athens during World War II.
- 1941: Writer Penelope Delta attempts suicide by taking poison. She will die five days later.
- 1952: the Cypriot National Assembly ratifies the union of Greece and Cyprus.
- 1956: A RAF Douglas Dakota is destroyed on the ground by a bomb thought to have been placed by EOKA fighters.
- 2007: Employment minister Savvas Tsitouridis resigned after weeks of government criticism that followed the discovery that a state pension fund had overpaid € 4.8 million (US$6.4 million) for state bonds.
Births
- 1748: Adamantios Korais, Greek intellectual
- 1770: Sir Edward Codrington, British admiral at the Battle of Navarino
- 1903: Nikolaos Zachariadis, Communist leader
- 1935: Theodoros Angelopoulos, film director
Deaths
- 1864: Ioannis Makrygiannis, hero of the Greek War of Independence.
- 2007: Marios Tokas, songwriter
- 2016: Oscar Alvarez, footballer