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Pangrati. Pangrati (Greek: Παγκράτι) is a neighborhood in Athens, Greece, having an estimated population of 35,173 residents. Named after the ancient sanctuary of Hercules Pancrates ("All Powerful"), its frontage runs from Vasilissis Sofias Avenue along to Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue and Vassileos Alexandrou Avenue, just a few minutes ...
Gouva (Greek: Γούβα pronounced [ˈɣu.va]), also known as Agios Artemios (Greek: Άγιος Αρτέμιος pronounced [ˈaʝos aɾˈte.mi.os]) is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located to the southeast of central Athens between the First Cemetery of Athens and Dafni. The district built at the beginning of the 20th century ...
October 21, 1972: NAMC YS-11 of Olympic Airways crashes in Athens. 37 people are killed. September 8, 1974: TWA Flight 841 crashes into the Ionian Sea. All 79 passengers and 9 crew members were killed. November 23, 1976: NAMC YS-11 of Olympic Airways from Athens to Kozani crashes under fog into a mountain near Sarantaporo.
Olympic Airways Flight 954. Olympic Airways Flight 954 was a Douglas DC-6B aircraft that crashed into a mountain near Keratea (approx. coordinates 37°48' N, 23°57' E), Greece, on December 8, 1969. All 85 passengers and 5 crew on board died in the crash.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens) The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Greek: Μνημείο του Αγνώστου Στρατιώτη, romanized: Mnimío tou Agnóstou Stratióti) is a war memorial located in Syntagma Square in Athens, in front of the Old Royal Palace. It is a cenotaph dedicated to the Greek soldiers killed during war. It was ...
[11] [12] It is estimated that up to 100,000 Chiots were killed or enslaved during the massacre, while 20,000 escaped as refugees. [13] Mehmet Ali, the Pasha of Egypt, dispatched his fleet to Kasos and on May 27, 1824 killed the population. [14] A few weeks later, the fleet under Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha destroyed the population of Psara. [15]
A suspect has been taken into custody by campus police in connection to the killing of an Augusta University College of Nursing student on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, according to UGA.
The old gate. The Athens Polytechnic uprising occurred in November 1973 as a massive student demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974.It began on 14 November 1973, escalated to an open anti-junta revolt, and ended in bloodshed in the early morning of 17 November after a series of events starting with a tank crashing through the gates of the Athens Polytechnic.