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*[[1940]]: [[Maria Callas]] makes her first professional performance in the National Opera House, playing Beatrice in "Boccaccio".
*[[1940]]: The [[Battle of Pogradec]] commences.
*[[1969]]: Two Jordanians attack the offices of El Al in [[Athens]] with hand grenades, killing a Greek boy, Giorgos Nastos.
*[[1999]]: [[Kakhi Kakhiasvili]] wins 3 gold metals at 94 kg the World Weightlifting Championship games held in [[Athens]].
*[[2004]]: The relics of Saint [[Gregory Nazianzenus]] are returned to [[Constantinople]] by the Roman Catholic Church.
===Sports===
*[[1963]]: The players of [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] walk off the pitch when the Bulgarian referee denies them an obvious penalty against [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]]. Olympiakos are awarded the match 2-0 (forfeit).
*[[1963]]: [[Cyprus National Football Team|Cyprus]] defeat [[National Football Team|Greece]] 3-1 in the first game ever played between the two teams. [[Mimis Papaioannou]] debuts with Greece.
*[[2008]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] humble Benfica 5-1 in the UEFA Cup.
==Births==
==Deaths==
*[[1984]]: [[Stelios Xefloudas]], writer.
*[[2003]]: [[Yiangos Pesmazoglou]], politician.
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