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==Events==
 
==Events==
*[[1924]]: [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] and [[Stylianos Gonatas]] are promoted to the rank of Lt. General for their role in bringing down the [[Laiko Komma]] government after the [[Asia Minor Disaster]]
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*[[1915]]: [[Eleftherios Venizelos]]' [[Liberal Party]] wins 185 parliamentary seats (out of 316) in the national elections.
*[[1987]]: The first private radio station [[Athena 9.84]] began broadcasting.
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*[[1924]]: [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] and [[Stylianos Gonatas]] are promoted to the rank of Lt. General for their role in bringing down the [[Laiko Komma]] government after the [[Asia Minor Disaster]].
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*[[1945]]: Gen [[Georgios Tsolakoglou]] is found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. His sentence will later be commuted to life imprisonment.
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*[[1951]]: Right-wing officers belonging to [[IDEA]] stage an attempted coup which ends after the intervention of Gen [[Alexandros Papagos]].
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*[[1957]]: Former [[ELAS]] commander [[Stefanos Sarafis]] is killed by a car driven by a US NCO. [[EDA]] calls it premeditated murder.
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*[[1987]]: The first private radio station [[Athena 9,84 FM]] began broadcasting.
  
 
===Sports===
 
===Sports===
*[[1981]]: [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] coach [[Gioula Lorand]] suffers a heart attack during a football match.
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*[[1981]]: [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] coach [[Gyula Lorant]] suffers a heart attack and dies during a football match.
 
*[[1995]]: [[Aris Vovos]] with his co-driver [[Kostas Stefanis]] win the 42nd Acropolis Rally with a Lancia Delta HF Integrale. It is the first time in the last 40 years that a Greek crew wins the [[Acropolis Rally]] after [[Johnny Pesmatzoglou]] in [[1955]] with an Opel Kapitan
 
*[[1995]]: [[Aris Vovos]] with his co-driver [[Kostas Stefanis]] win the 42nd Acropolis Rally with a Lancia Delta HF Integrale. It is the first time in the last 40 years that a Greek crew wins the [[Acropolis Rally]] after [[Johnny Pesmatzoglou]] in [[1955]] with an Opel Kapitan
 
*[[1998]]: [[U21 National Football Team|Greece U21]] rank 2nd after losing to Spain 1-0 in the final of European Football Championship.
 
*[[1998]]: [[U21 National Football Team|Greece U21]] rank 2nd after losing to Spain 1-0 in the final of European Football Championship.
 
  
 
==Births==
 
==Births==
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*[[1942]]: [[Minos Kyriakou]], businessman
 
*[[1954]]: [[Thomas Mavros]], footballer
 
*[[1954]]: [[Thomas Mavros]], footballer
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*[[1961]]: [[Marios Karoyian]], Cypriot politician
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*[[1975]]: [[Yiasemakis Yiasemi]], footballer
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==Deaths==
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*[[1954]]: [[Antonis Benakis]], art collector
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*[[1957]]: [[Stefanos Sarafis]], commander of [[ELAS]] during the Axis occupation.
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*[[1981]]: [[Gyula Lorant]], football coach
  
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