Phantis:Selected anniversaries/July 21
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- 1965: Student Sotiris Petroulas was killed during a pro-Papandreou protest in Athens.
- 1974: Greek athlete Giorgos Katsanis was killed in a battle near St. Hilarion Castle during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. His club, Iraklis Thessaloniki will rename their volleyball stadium in his honour.
- 1975: Athens daily "Eleftherotypia" began publication.
- Births: Cat Stevens (1948), Greek-British singer
- Deaths: Manuel II Palaeologus (1425), Byzantine emperor