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*[[1835]]: [[King Otto]] starts to rule in fact, as well as in name, as the [[Bavarian Rule|rule of his three Bavarian advisers]] comes to an end.
 
*[[1835]]: [[King Otto]] starts to rule in fact, as well as in name, as the [[Bavarian Rule|rule of his three Bavarian advisers]] comes to an end.
 
*[[1905]]: PM [[Theodoros Deligiannis]] is assassinated by a gambler in revenge for the measures he enacted against gambling establishments.
 
*[[1905]]: PM [[Theodoros Deligiannis]] is assassinated by a gambler in revenge for the measures he enacted against gambling establishments.
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*[[1961]]: [[Cyprus]] joins the British Commonwealth.
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*[[1968]]: Tanker "World Glory" - owned by [[Stavros Niarchos]] - sinks off the coast of South Africa. Of the 34-member crew (33 Greeks and one Irishman) only ten survive.
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*[[2011]]: [[Greece]] becomes the country with the lowest credit rating in the world after S&P downgrades it by three notches, to CCC.
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*[[2014]]:  Greek police seize 1.13 tons of heroin and arrest 11 individuals for drug trafficking. The seizure was the biggest of its kind in Greek history.
 
===Sports===
 
===Sports===
*[[1971]]: [[Panagiotis Nacopoulos]] smashes [[Giorgos Papavassiliou|Giorgos Papavassiliou's]] 11 year-old record in 3000m steeple (8:45.8) with 8:40.8
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*[[1971]]: [[Panagiotis Nacopoulos]] smashes [[Giorgos Papavasiliou|Giorgos Papavassiliou's]] 11 year-old record in the [[3000m steeplechase]] (8:45.8) with 8:40.8
 
*[[1979]]: [[Philippos Syrigos]] begins his career as sportscaster in a basketball game. Greece face France (74-76) for the European Championship in Torino.
 
*[[1979]]: [[Philippos Syrigos]] begins his career as sportscaster in a basketball game. Greece face France (74-76) for the European Championship in Torino.
 
*[[1992]]: Olympiakos win their first water polo championship in 21 years
 
*[[1992]]: Olympiakos win their first water polo championship in 21 years
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==Births==
 
==Births==
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*[[1917]]: [[Phaedon Gizikis]], [[Junta]]-appointed President of Greece.
 
*[[1965]]: [[Vasilis Karapialis]], footballer
 
*[[1965]]: [[Vasilis Karapialis]], footballer
  

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