Phantis:Selected anniversaries/November 25
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- 1892: A young Frenchman named Pierre de Coubertin, first pitched his idea to revive the Olympic Games at a meeting of the Union des Sports Athlétiques in Paris.
- 1942: Guerrilas from both EDES and ELAS blew up the Gorgopotamos Bridge used by Germans to supply Gen. Rommel's Afrika Korps.
- 1949: The National Football Team of Greece defeated Syria 8-0 in their greatest win ever. Antonis Papantoniou (3), Angelos Vasiliadis (2), Kleanthis Maropoulos and Yiannis Nembidis (2) were the scorers.
- 1973: A coup was orchestrated by the head of the feared military police, Brigadier Dimitrios Ioannides which deposed the Greek Government - headed by self-appointed President George Papadopoulos - after weeks of unrest.
- Births: Eleni Karaindrou, music composer (1939)
- Deaths: Prince George of Greece, former High Commissioner of Crete (1957)
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