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15/10/2022Dimitris Kyrsanidis wins for Greece the first gold medal in the history of the world parkour championships. The 27-year-old champion wins the men's freestyle with 26.0 points in the event final, ahead of China's Deng Gaozheng (25.5) and Italy's Davide Ricci (24.5) at the 1st World Parkour Championships organized by FIG in Tokyo.
15/10/2006Panagiotis Fasoulas, who was an MP during the period 2000-2004, is elected Mayor of Piraeus and Antonis Aronis, former water polo player of Ethnikos and Olympiacos is elected town councillor
15/10/2000Lee Tod of Cross Farm Park Celtic is sent off 2 seconds after kick-off when he curses the referee for whistling kick-off in his ear. Goalkeeper Kevin Pressman of Sheffield Wednesday was the previous record holder (17 seconds)
15/10/1997RAF pilot Andy Greene sets jet-powered car record in Black Rock Desert (763.035m/h)
15/10/199050 year-old Pele announces that he intends to run for president of Brazil in the upcoming elections
15/10/1983The Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs score 5 goals in 1:24 (NHL record)
15/10/1980Apostolos Nikolaidis, former president of SEGAS, ELPA and Panathinaikos dies. As an athlete he had competed in decathlon at the Antwerp 1920 Olympics
15/10/1980Greece defeat Denmark 1-0 in Copenhagen. Greek goalkeeper Nikos Sarganis performs great saves and gets the nickname ''Phantom''
15/10/1969The greek television covers for the first time a football match held in Greece. The national team beat Switzerland 4-1 for the World Cup qualifying round. Koudas, Botinos (2) and Sideris score the goals
15/10/1968Al Oerter wins the gold medal in discus (64.78m) at the Mexico Olympics. It is his fourth gold olympic medal
15/10/1967Vicky Mosholiou gives birth to Mimis Domazos’ daughter while Panathinaikos loses to Aris 2-1 at Harilaou
15/10/1967Gigi Meroni of Torino, the Italian ''George Best'', is killed in a car accident
15/10/1924Major Hugo Hekner lands ''Zeppellin 126'' in New York after crossing the Atlantic in 81 hours and 17 minutes (starting from Friedrichshafen)
15/10/191914 horses start for a 300 miles race from Vermont to Massachusetts ($1.000 prize)
15/10/1887Preston set british football record by beating Hyde United 26-0
15/10/1881''American Angler'', the first magazine about fishing in USA, is published
15/10/1520King Henry VIII sets bowling rules in Whitehead

 

             
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