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Events
==Events==
*[[1204]]: [[Constantinople]] falls to the Crusaders during the [[Fourth Crusade]].
*[[1820]]: [[Alexander Ypsilantis]] is chosen to lead [[Filiki Eteria]].
*[[1830]]: The Ottoman Empire accepts Greek independence.
*[[1914]]: An Albanian unit is decimated by [[Crete|Cretan]] volunteers at Logara, [[Northern Epirus]].
*[[1991]]: [[Greek-American]] Senator, [[Paul Tsongas]], announces his candidacy for the US Presidency.
*[[1994]]: Greece and Albania expel each others diplomats over an attack at an army base in [[Argyrokastro]] that Albania claimed was the work of Greek agents.
*[[2018]]: A Greek Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet goes down, off the coast of [[Skyros]], killing its pilot. The jet had been on a mission to intercept Turkish jets.
==Births==
*[[1871]]: [[Ioannis Metaxas]], General and politician who led Greece during the beginning of [[World War II]]
*[[1926]]: [[Themis Cholevas]], [[basketball]] player.
*[[1935]]: [[Jimmy Makulis]], [[Elafro]] singer.
 
==Deaths==
*[[1872]]: [[Nikos Mantzaros]], composed the music to the [[Greek National Anthem]].
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