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— March 25708
Election of Pope Constantine following the death of Pope Sisinnius. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967.
1576
Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
1905
The Greek football club P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras is founded in the city of Rhodes.
1914
The Greek multi-sport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded in Thessaloniki.
1959
Chain Island is sold by the State of California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 ($58,072 in 2025).
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