1997 Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site
1993 "Timon of Athens" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 37 performances
1993 "Timon of Athens" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 37 performances
1992 Sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens: 5-6 die
1988 Turkish premier zal meets Greek premier Papandreou in Athens
1987 Glenway Wescott, U.S. writer (Apartment in Athens), dies at 85
1986 4 U.S. passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
1984 Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead
1983 Hamburger ZV wins 28th Europe Cup 1 in Athens
1978 Irene Skliva, born in Athens, Greece, Miss World 1996
1975 Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead
1975 Papadopoulos/Pattakos/Makarezos sentenced to death in Athens
1973 Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens
1973 Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55
1971 Chelsea wins 11th Europe Cup II in Athens
1969 Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, 93 killed
1968 Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1
1968 Suzi Simpson, Athens Greece, playmate, Jan, 1992
1966 Gillian Bonner, Athens Georgia, playmate, Apr, 1996
1963 WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 Kim Shipman, born in Athens, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer, 1995 LPGA Corning Classic-25th
1961 Cindy Mackey, born in Athens, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1986 MasterCard International Pro-Am
1957 Cindy Wilson, Athens Georgia, rock vocalist, B-52's-Love Shack
1953 Kim Basinger, Athens, Georgia, actress, 9 Weeks, Batman
1953 Julian Keith Strickland, Athens, Georgia, drummer, B-52's-Rock Lobster
1953 Ricky Wilson, born in Athens, Georgia, rock guitarist, B-52's-Love Shack
1948 43 communist rebels, executed in Athens
1947 SS Himera runs aground at Athens, kills 392
1947 Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard
1946 Greek king George II back in Athens
1945 Leo Kottke, born in Athens, Georgia, guitarist, Ice Water, Greenhouse
1944 British troops march into Athens
1944 German army retreats from Athens
1944 Race riots in Athens Alabama
1944 Corinna Tsopel, born in Athens, actress, Man Called Horse, /Miss Universe, 64
1944 1st Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz
1941 German troops occupy Athens Greece
1941 100 German bombers attack Athens
1929 Sid Kroft, born in Athens, Greece, puppeteer, Barbara Mandrell Show
1925 Melina Mercouri, Athens Greece, actress/politician, Never on a Sunday
1906 10th anniversary Olympic games close at Athens, Greece
1906 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece
1906 3rd modern Olympic games opens in Athens
1901 Glenway Wescott, U.S. writer, Apartment in Athens
1896 1st Olympic games close at Athens, Greece
1896 Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens)
1896 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS] American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history
1896 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens
1896 Modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece
1896 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor/composer
1886 Crane Wilbur, Athens, New York, dir/writer, Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo
1884 Charles Winninger, Athens Wisconsin, actor, Charlie Farrell Show
1861 French Gailliard, Belgian painter, Zeustempel in Athens
1827 Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independ
1808 1st U.S. land-grant university founded at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
1804 1st U.S. land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered
1785 1st U.S. state university chartered, Athens Georgia
1687 Venetians take Athens from the Turks
1687 Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians
1483 Raphael, born in Urbino, Italy, painter, School of Athens
1356 Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies
413 Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57
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