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- 480 BC: The Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Artemisium took place during the Greco-Persian Wars.
- 1903: A major earthquake (7.5 on the Richter scale) rocked the island of Kythira.
- 1944: The Greek 3rd mountain brigade - later known as Rimini Brigade - landed in Taranto, Italy.
- 1996: Tasos Isaak was clubbed to death by Turks in Derynia, Cyprus.
- Births: Evgenios Voulgaris, clergyman, writer (1716), Georgios Karatzaferis (1947), politician
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The blowing up of the Turkish flagship by Kanaris - a painting by Nikiforos Lytras, 143x109 cm. Averoff Gallery. |
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