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August 17
Events
1901
: Archaeologist Ch. Tsountas announces the discovery of a neolithic settlement in
Sesklo
, near
Volos
.
1909
: The Great Powers demand that Turkey negotiates the
Cretan
matter only with themselves and not Greece.
1944
: German troops execute 148 Greeks in
Kokkinia
,
Piraeus
.
1999
: A powerful earthquake (6.6 on the Richter scale) causes extensive damage to Izmit (
Nicomedia
) Turkey. Greek rescue units will be among the first on the scene. A political rapprochement between the countries will follow.
2007
: PM
Costas Karamanlis
formally requests that President
Karolos Papoulias
dissolve
Parliament
and proclaim general elections.
Sports
2004
: Judo athlete,
Elias Eliadis
, wins gold in the Athens Olympic Games.
Deaths
2001
:
Nikos Goumas
, President of
AEK FC
.
2012
:
Panos Markovits
,
football
coach.
2020
:
Savvas Theodoridis
, footballer