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Today is St Valentine's Day.
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==Events==
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*[[1898]]: An unsuccessful assassination attempt is made against [[King George I]] of [[Greece]].
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*[[1930]]: A strong earthquake (6.7 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Crete]].
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*[[1957]]: The trial of [[EOKA]] fighter, [[Evagoras Pallikaridis]], commences.
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*[[1992]]: Tens of thousands protest in [[Thessaloniki]] against the use of the name "Macedonia" by FYROM.
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*[[1993]]: [[Glafkos Clerides]] is elected President of [[Cyprus]] defeating incumbent [[Georgios Vasiliou]].
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*[[2006]]: After a broad government reshuffle, under PM [[Costas Karamanlis]], [[Dora Bakoyanni]] is appointed Greek Foreign Minister, the first ever woman to hold the job.
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===Sports===
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*[[2005]]: [[Minos Kyriakou]] is elected, almost unanimously, president of the [[Hellenic Olympic Committee]], succeeding [[Lambis Nikolaou]]
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*[[2007]]: [[Vasilis Tsiartas]] retires from football
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==Births==
 
==Births==
 
*[[1884]]: [[Kostas Varnalis]], writer.
 
*[[1884]]: [[Kostas Varnalis]], writer.
 
*[[1941]]: [[Paul Tsongas]], [[Greek-American]] politician
 
*[[1941]]: [[Paul Tsongas]], [[Greek-American]] politician
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*[[1951]]: [[Christos Folias]], politician
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*[[1966]]: [[Valerios Leonidis]], weightlifter
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*[[1982]]: [[Irene Kokkinariou]], athlete ([[3000m steeplechase]])
  
 
==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
 
*[[1987]]: [[Karolos Koun]], director
 
*[[1987]]: [[Karolos Koun]], director
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*[[2001]]: [[Ploutis Servas]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] politician
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:42, September 21, 2009

Today is St Valentine's Day.

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