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*[[1821]]: Greek revolutionaries, under [[Nikitaras]], defeat the Turkish army at the [[Battle of Doliana]].
 
*[[1821]]: Greek revolutionaries, under [[Nikitaras]], defeat the Turkish army at the [[Battle of Doliana]].
 
*[[1825]]: General [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] is pardoned by the revolutionary government and re-instated as commander of the Greek forces in [[Peloponnesus]].
 
*[[1825]]: General [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] is pardoned by the revolutionary government and re-instated as commander of the Greek forces in [[Peloponnesus]].
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*[[1963]]: French President, Charles De Gaulle, visits Greece and speaks in the [[Hellenic Parliament]].
 
*[[1978]]: PM [[Constantine Karamanlis]] refuses to submit the entry of [[Greece]] into the EU to a referendum.
 
*[[1978]]: PM [[Constantine Karamanlis]] refuses to submit the entry of [[Greece]] into the EU to a referendum.
 
*[[1990]]: 17-year old footballer, Yiannis Tsatsanis - nicknamed "Marcellino" - is kidnapped for ransom. Three months later, he will be found dead near Skourta, [[Boeotia]].
 
*[[1990]]: 17-year old footballer, Yiannis Tsatsanis - nicknamed "Marcellino" - is kidnapped for ransom. Three months later, he will be found dead near Skourta, [[Boeotia]].
*[[2009]]: [[Alexander the Great]] is named "the greatest Greek of all time" in a poll of viewers of Sky TV. Surprisingly, Dr [[George Papanicolaou]] wins second place while [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] finishes third.
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*[[2009]]: [[Alexander the Great]] is named "the greatest Greek of all time" in a [[Sky TV poll on the greatest Greek|poll of viewers of Sky TV]]. Surprisingly, Dr [[George Papanicolaou]] wins second place while [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] finishes third.
  
 
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*[[1912]]: [[Mimis Traiforos]], songwriter
 
*[[1912]]: [[Mimis Traiforos]], songwriter
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*[[2019]]: [[Paraschos Avgitidis]], footballer
  
 
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