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The Greek Football Cup, officially known as Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek association football competition, run by the HFF.
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On This Day
10 events2011
Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the players and coaching staff of the ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, crashed on take-off near Yaroslavl, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 44 of the 45 people on board.
2010
A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
2004
Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada and devastated at least 85 percent of buildings on the island.
1999
Three weeks after an earthquake struck northwestern Turkey, a second earthquake struck Athens, causing Greece and Turkey to initiate "earthquake diplomacy".
1996
American rapper Tupac Shakur (pictured) was shot by an unknown assailant in Las Vegas, dying from his injuries six days later.
1996
American rapper Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Paradise, Nevada, dying six days later.
1986
Desmond Tutu (pictured) became the first black leader of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
1984
An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat that was disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo killed seven soldiers and policemen.
1940
Second World War: The Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other cities and towns.
1936
The last thylacine (pictured) died in captivity in Hobart Zoo, Australia.