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1/11/2019Giorgos Karountzos, owner of the “Trifili” restaurant near Leoforos Alexandra Stadium, dies aged 63. The restaurant started operating in 1964 by his parents offering “souvlakia” to the fans.
1/11/1999American football legend Walter Payton dies aged 45
1/11/199923 year-old Bolivian international goalkeeper Manuel Torez dies in a car accident in Tarilla, Bolivia
1/11/1998John Kagwe of Kenya wins his second consecutive New York Marathon covering 26.2 miles in 2:08.45
1/11/1991Morfo Drosidou wins the bronze medal in the 65kg category at the World Tae Kwon Do Championships
1/11/1987New Zealand beat Japan 106-4 setting a rugby scoring world record
1/11/1977Vasili Alekseyev smashes the world record in weightlifting (+110 kgr) for the 80th time in a series, which started on 24/1/1970, where he set his first world record. In these eight years he was unbeaten, he held the World and European Championship titles, he won the gold medals in the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games and he was the first man to total over 600kg in the triple event (snatch – clean & jerk– press)
1/11/1947''Man O' War'' dies
1/11/1946First NBA game, in Toronto. The New York Knicks defeat the Toronto Huskies 68-66 in front of a crowd of 7.090. New York’s Ossie Schectman scored the first basket in NBA history.
1/11/1897A group of ''D' Azeglio'' high school students decide to found a football club they accidentally name Juventus. Enrico Cantari is the first president. On July 24, 1923 Eduardo Agnelli, son of Fiat founder, is voted president, succeeding the poet Corradino Corradini who composed the club's anthem. In 1947 Giovanni, Eduardo's son, takes over the presidency
1/11/1895''The Horseless Age'' is first published. It is the first magazine dedicated to motor sports

 

             
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