October 16

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Events

1954: US soldiers man the first American base on Greek soil in Heraklio, Crete.
1994: Dimitris Avramopoulos is elected Mayor of Athens. Stelios Logothetis is elected in Piraeus and Konstantinos Kosmopoulos in Thessaloniki.

Sports

1968: In the Olympic Games of Mexico City, pole vaulter Christos Papanikolaou, breaks the Greek record with a jump of 5.35m but fails to win a medal as he finishes 4th.
1999: Demosthenes Tampakos wins bronze in the men's rings at the 34th Gymnastics World Championships of China.
2000: The new Euroleague Championship kicks off as Real Madrid defeat Olympiakos 75-73 in its inaugural game.

Deaths

2010:¨Yiannis Dalianidis, filmmaker, director

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