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*[[1989]]: Former [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] footballer, [[Lakis Sofianos]], is found hanged in his prison cell. | *[[1989]]: Former [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] footballer, [[Lakis Sofianos]], is found hanged in his prison cell. | ||
*[[1991]]: The daily sports journal ''Ora gia Sport'' is first published. The Sebos family is the publisher after their withdrawal from ''Athlitiki Iho''. | *[[1991]]: The daily sports journal ''Ora gia Sport'' is first published. The Sebos family is the publisher after their withdrawal from ''Athlitiki Iho''. | ||
| + | *[[2021]]: The meteorological station of the [[National Observatory of Athens]] in [[Makrakomi]], [[Phthiotis]], records a temperature of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.3 degrees Fahrenheit) - the highest temperature ever recorded by the NOA. | ||
===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
*[[1974]]: [[Maroula Lambrou]] breaks the Greek women's record in the [[long jump]] with a jump of 6.62m. | *[[1974]]: [[Maroula Lambrou]] breaks the Greek women's record in the [[long jump]] with a jump of 6.62m. | ||
*[[1997]]: [[Angelos Pavlakakis]] breaks the Greek record for the [[100m]] with 10.11. | *[[1997]]: [[Angelos Pavlakakis]] breaks the Greek record for the [[100m]] with 10.11. | ||
*[[2006]]: [[Nery Mantey Niangkouara|Nery Niangkouara]] set a new national record and the bronze metal at the European Swimming Championship in Budapest finishing in third place in the women's 100m freestyle with 54.48". | *[[2006]]: [[Nery Mantey Niangkouara|Nery Niangkouara]] set a new national record and the bronze metal at the European Swimming Championship in Budapest finishing in third place in the women's 100m freestyle with 54.48". | ||
| − | *[2021]]: [[Miltiadis Tentoglou]] wins gold in the long jump at the Tokyo Olympics. [[Lefteris Petrounias]] wins bronze in the men's rings. | + | *[[2021]]: [[Miltiadis Tentoglou]] wins gold in the long jump at the Tokyo Olympics. [[Lefteris Petrounias]] wins bronze in the men's rings. |
== Births == | == Births == | ||
Latest revision as of 17:09, August 3, 2021
Contents
Events
- 338 BC - Rise of Macedon: Philip II of Macedon crushes Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea.
- 1645: The Ottoman army seizes Chania, Crete. The commander of the Turkish force however was executed for losing 40,000 men in the siege.
- 1679: Athanasius IV becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1859: King Otto lays the cornerstone of the building of the Academy of Athens.
- 1989: Former Panathinaikos footballer, Lakis Sofianos, is found hanged in his prison cell.
- 1991: The daily sports journal Ora gia Sport is first published. The Sebos family is the publisher after their withdrawal from Athlitiki Iho.
- 2021: The meteorological station of the National Observatory of Athens in Makrakomi, Phthiotis, records a temperature of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.3 degrees Fahrenheit) - the highest temperature ever recorded by the NOA.
Sports
- 1974: Maroula Lambrou breaks the Greek women's record in the long jump with a jump of 6.62m.
- 1997: Angelos Pavlakakis breaks the Greek record for the 100m with 10.11.
- 2006: Nery Niangkouara set a new national record and the bronze metal at the European Swimming Championship in Budapest finishing in third place in the women's 100m freestyle with 54.48".
- 2021: Miltiadis Tentoglou wins gold in the long jump at the Tokyo Olympics. Lefteris Petrounias wins bronze in the men's rings.
Births
- 1868: King Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923)
- 1913: Seraphim, Archbishop of Athens.
- 1933: Ioannis Varvitsiotis, politician
- 1938: Dimos Moutsis, composer
Deaths
- 1989: Lakis Sofianos, footballer, a suicide
