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*[[1952]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]], thanks to a [[Giorgos Darivas]] hat trick, defeat Turkey 3-1 at [[Leoforos Alexandras Stadium]]. | *[[1952]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]], thanks to a [[Giorgos Darivas]] hat trick, defeat Turkey 3-1 at [[Leoforos Alexandras Stadium]]. | ||
+ | *[[2004]]: [[Aris BC|Aris]] defeat [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] 73-70 to win the Greek basketball Cup for a record eighth time. The match lasted four hours as the referees demanded that all fans leave the stadium ten minutes from time. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== |
Revision as of 07:29, February 29, 2012
Events
- 1892: King George I dismisses Theodoros Deligiannis eventhough the latter commands the majority of seats in the Hellenic Parliament.
- 1944: Greek resistance movements EDES, EAM and EKKA sign a cooperation pact at Plaka, Epirus.
- 1956: Lina Tsaldari becomes the first woman Cabinet member. She is the widow of former PM Panagis Tsaldaris.
Sports
- 1952: Greece, thanks to a Giorgos Darivas hat trick, defeat Turkey 3-1 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.
- 2004: Aris defeat Olympiakos 73-70 to win the Greek basketball Cup for a record eighth time. The match lasted four hours as the referees demanded that all fans leave the stadium ten minutes from time.
Births
- 1940: His All-Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew I.
- 1980: Michalis Mouroutsos, Tae Kwon Do athlete.