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*[[1936]]: Prime Minister [[Ioannis Metaxas]] declares a state of emergency and rules by decree. | *[[1936]]: Prime Minister [[Ioannis Metaxas]] declares a state of emergency and rules by decree. | ||
===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
| − | *[[1972]]: [[Vasilis Papageorgopoulos]] breaks the Greek record for the 100m with a 10.22 performance. The record will stand for 21 years. | + | *[[1972]]: [[Vasilis Papageorgopoulos]] breaks the Greek record for the [[100m]] with a 10.22 performance. The record will stand for 21 years. |
| + | *[[1984]]: [[Babis Cholidis]] wins bronze in Greco-Roman wrestling in the Los Angeles Olympiad. | ||
| + | *[[1992]]: [[Morfo Drosidou]] wins bronze in Tae Kwon Do in the Barcelona Olympic Games. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
Revision as of 19:29, July 29, 2006
Contents
Events
- 1865: The Hymn to Freedom is established as the National Anthem of Greece.
- 1936: Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas declares a state of emergency and rules by decree.
Sports
- 1972: Vasilis Papageorgopoulos breaks the Greek record for the 100m with a 10.22 performance. The record will stand for 21 years.
- 1984: Babis Cholidis wins bronze in Greco-Roman wrestling in the Los Angeles Olympiad.
- 1992: Morfo Drosidou wins bronze in Tae Kwon Do in the Barcelona Olympic Games.
Births
- 1936: Giorgos Zografos, singer and actor.
- 1972: Predrag Djordjevic, footballer.
- 1975: Nikos Liberopoulos, footballer.
Deaths
- 1834: Panourgias Panourgias, War of Independence hero.
- 1865: Makarios I, Archbishop of Cyprus.
- 1878: Patriarch Joachim II of Constantinople.
- 1975: Andreas Empirikos, writer.
- 1991: Nikiforos Vrettakos, poet
