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- 1858: By decree from the High Porte, Cretans were given the right to bear arms and elect their eldermen
- 1939: Ioannis Drosopoulos was approved as governor of the Bank of Greece
- 1979: Bank employees staged strikes across Greece.
- 1994: The Greek government launched a formal protest against the decision of the Albanian Parliament to commemorate the "genocide" of the Albanian minority in Northern Greece.
- Births: Nikos Xylouris (1936), Cretan singer
- Deaths: Patriarch Athenagoras (1972), Methodios, Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain (2006)
| The blowing up of the Turkish flagship by Kanaris - a painting by Nikiforos Lytras, 143x109 cm. Averoff Gallery. |
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