Difference between revisions of "July 1"

From Phantis
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Events)
(Sports)
 
(18 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
==Events==
 
==Events==
 +
*[[1428]]: Future emperor [[Constantine XI]] Palaeologus marries Maddalena Tocco, his first wife.
 +
*[[1863]]: France, Britain and Russia sign an agreement with Denmark concerning the election of [[King George I|Prince George]] as King of Greece.
 +
*[[1920]]: The Greek Army enters [[Panormos]] during the first Greek offensive of the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]]
 +
*[[1927]]: A major earthquake (7.1 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Laconia]].
 +
*[[1946]]: The first eleven special military courts are set up in Greece following the Emergency Measures Act of [[June 17]].
 +
*[[1963]]: [[Aristotle Onassis]] acquires [[Skorpios island]] off the coast of [[Lefkada]].
 +
*[[1995]]: Former [[Crown Prince Pavlos]] marries American Marie-Chantal Miller in London. 10 [[New Democracy]] MPs attend the wedding causing a stir in Greek politics
 +
*[[2009]]: A ban on smoking in nearly all enclosed public places goes into effect throughout [[Greece]].
 +
===Sports===
 +
*[[1939]]: [[Ioannis Palamiotis]] breaks the Greek record for the [[triple jump]] with 14.87m.
 +
*[[1973]]: [[Spyros Kontosoros]] breaks the Greek record in the [[3000m steeplechase]] with 8:25.6.
 +
*[[1976]]: [[Apostolos Kathiniotis]] breaks the Greek record in the [[triple jump]] with 16.61m.
 
*[[2004]] - The Greek [[National Football Team]] advances to the [[Euro 2004]] final game after beating the Czech Republic 1-0 (silver goal in extra time by [[Traianos Dellas]]).
 
*[[2004]] - The Greek [[National Football Team]] advances to the [[Euro 2004]] final game after beating the Czech Republic 1-0 (silver goal in extra time by [[Traianos Dellas]]).
 +
*[[2009]]: Two members of Greece's weightlifting team at the Mediterranean Games in Italy test positive for doping, according to the head of the [[Greek Weightlifting Federation]] (EOAB): [[Nikos Kourtidis]], who won two gold medals in the men's 94-kg category, and [[Konstantina Lapou]], who took silver in the women's 58-kg.
 +
*[[2012]]: [[Kostas Douvalidis]] breaks the Greek record in the [[110m hurdles]] with a time of 13.37.
  
 
==Births==
 
==Births==
 +
*[[1899]]: [[Konstantinos Tsatsos]], politician, President of Greece.
 +
*[[1903]]: [[Argyris Karayiannis]], athlete ([[pole vault]]).
 
*[[1934]]: [[Iakovos Patatsos]], member of the [[EOKA]] guerilla group.
 
*[[1934]]: [[Iakovos Patatsos]], member of the [[EOKA]] guerilla group.
 +
 +
==Deaths==
 +
*[[1839]]: [[Mahmud II]], Sultan of the Ottoman Empire during the Greek [[War of Independence]]
 +
  
 
[[Category:Days]]
 
[[Category:Days]]

Latest revision as of 17:14, July 20, 2013

Events

Sports

Births

Deaths