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2009 A bomb explodes outside of Athens' stock exchange, damaging the building and a female passer-by
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 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 1921 Alexander Harman, born in Athens, West Virginia, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979 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, 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 427 Plato, born in Athens, Greece, writer, philosopher, mathematician, laid foundations of natural philosophy, science, Western philosophy 413 Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 |
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