11/7/2021 | The Greek national U15 waterpolo men’s team beats Croatia 11-7 to win the bronze medal at the European Waterpolo Championship in Portugal |
11/7/2009 | On the occasion of the revelation of the statue of the Reserve Officer, a donation of Vardis I. Vardinogiannis, Stelios Kagiadakis, president of the Reserve Officers’ Association of Rethymnon, Crete, awards four distinguished Cretan officers: Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Theodoros Vassilakis, Giorgos Vardinogiannis and Spyros Kokotos |
11/7/2000 | Former PAOK player 29 year-old Conrad McRay dies of heath failure on the Orlando Magic camp |
11/7/1999 | David Coulthard wins the 1999 Grand Prix in Silverstone. The race was marked by Michael Schumacher's unlucky accident when his Ferrari got off the track and plunged into the tyre barrier. The injuries that he sustained forced him out for 6 races and effectively decided the 1999 F1 Championship |
11/7/1989 | Ronald Reagan sportscasts the Baseball All-Star Game in California. American League beat the National League 5-3 |
11/7/1987 | Sports newspaper “Athlitiki Iho” publishes a story about Loukas Barlos winning the staggering amount of 120 million drachmas at the National Lottery. Former AEK president (1974-1981) who during the last years faces serious financial difficulties was found at TOPS at Kolonaki along with Giorgos Katsifaras, Giorgos Stathakis and Christos Arfanis, who donated ten lottery numbers to his friends. Loukas Barlos will successfully invest the money in bank stocks, will pay his debts and after a year he will open “Boschetto”, with partner Manos Koutoudis, at Evangelismos area in the center of Athens, transforming the local coffeehouse “Alsos” to a luxurius restaurant. |
11/7/1987 | Thomas F. Waddell, founder of ''Gay Olympics'', dies from AIDS at the age of 50 |
11/7/1982 | Italy win the 12th World Cup after beating West Germany 3-1in Madrid. Paolo Rossi scores his 6th goal in the final to become top scorer of the tournament |
11/7/1981 | Sebastian Coe makes a world record at the 1000m with 2:12.18.0. Coe will break 8 world records and will be crowned gold Olympic champion twice |
11/7/1971 | The national team of Greece wins the Balkan Junior Football Championship when they draw with Bulgaria (0-0) accumulating 7 points. Second is Bulgaria with 6 points and third Romania with 4 |
11/7/1962 | Fred Baldasare becomes the first to swim across the English Channel (42 miles in 18 hours) under water |
11/7/1930 | 21-year-old Australian Don Bradman scores the highest number of runs by a single batsman in one day’s play (309 runs not out) in the Third Test of the Ashes Series against England, setting a world record which stands still to this day by beating Clifford Roach's record of 209 runs. |
11/7/1912 | Constantinos Tsiklitiras and Michael Dorizas take first place in high jump and discus respectively at an international meeting in Berlin |