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== Events ==
 
== Events ==
*[[1974]] Turkey invades [[Cyprus]].
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*[[1792]]:  [[Ali Pasha]] attacks [[Souli]] but is repelled. [[Souli]]ote leader, [[Lambros Tzavelas]], is killed in the battle.
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*[[1872]]: [[Epameinondas Deligeorgis]] forms a government.
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*[[1903]]: Bulgarian nationalists revolt in [[Macedonia]]. This revolt would go down in history as the "Elias Day" ("Ilin Den") revolt as it took place on the feast day of the [[Prophet Elias]].
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*[[1930]]: PM [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] inaugurates the underground station of Omonia Square.
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*[[1938]]: A strong earthquake (6.0 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Oropos]] in northern [[Attica]], killing 18 persons.
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*[[1974]]: Turkey invades [[Cyprus]].
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*[[1995]]: Turkish-Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash, threatens to declare union of the militarily-occupied northern part of [[Cyprus]] with Turkey, should the Republic of Cyprus join the European Union.
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===Sports===
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*[[2008]]: [[Stella Papadopoulou]] breaks the Greek women's record for the [[hammer throw]] with 72.10m.
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*[[2013]]: [[Kostas Douvalidis]] breaks the Greek record in the [[110m hurdles]] with a time of 13.34.
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*[[2021]]: Thanasis and [[Giannis Antetokounmpo]] join their brother Kostas as NBA Champions as the Milwaukee Bucks defeat Phoenix Suns in the Finals.
  
 
==Births==
 
==Births==
*[[Charilaos Florakis]], politician.
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*[[1785]]: [[Mahmud II]], Sultan of the Ottoman Empire during the Greek [[War of Independence]]
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*[[1890]]: [[King George II]]
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*[[1914]]: [[Charilaos Florakis]], politician
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*[[1931]]: [[Stylianos Lenas]], [[EOKA]] fighter
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*[[1934]]: [[Aliki Vougiouklaki]], actress
  
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==Deaths==
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*[[1792]]:  [[Lambros Tzavelas]], [[Souli]]ote leader
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*[[1908]]: [[Dimitrios Vikelas]], author, first President of the International Olympic Committee.
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*[[1928]]: [[Kostas Karyotakis]], poet - a suicide
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*[[1970]]: [[Panagiotis Pipinelis]], politician, Prime Minister
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*[[1989]]: [[Yiannis Tsarouchis]], painter
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*[[2002]]: [[Michalis Kritikopoulos]], footballer
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==Namesday==
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*[[Prophet Elijah]] - Nameday for Elias/Ilias, Iliana.
  
 
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