1933

From Phantis

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 May 1.5 June 1.6 July 1.7 August 1.8 October 2 Births 2.1 February 2.2 March 2.3 May 2.4 June 2.5 July 2.6 August 2.7 September 2.8 October 2.9 November 2.10 Unknown 3 Deaths 3.1 April 3.2 May

Events

January

• January 6: An earthquake strikes Volos causing material damage.
• January 16: Eleftherios Venizelos forms his last government.

February

• February 16: Workers and Policemen clash in Thessaloniki. The number of dead and injured reaches 100.

March

• March 5: Panagis Tsaldaris and his anti-Venizelist allies win the national elections in Greece.
• March 6: Gen. Nikolaos Plastiras attempts an unsuccessful coup d'etat against the newly-elected Popular Party government. Gen. Alexandros Othonaios forms a government.
• March 10: Panagis Tsaldaris forms a government after the unsuccessful coup d'etat by Gen. Nikolaos Plastiras.

May

• May 11: Gen. Ioannis Metaxas and several members of the Popular Party government suggest that Eleftherios Venizelos be prosecuted as responsible for the unsuccessful coup d'etat of March 6.

June

• June 6: Eleftherios Venizelos becomes the target of an assassination attempt for the second time in his life. His car is riddled with bullets but the Cretan politician escapes unhurt.
• June 8: Eleftherios Venizelos is interviewed by the police concerning the assassination attempt against his life. He accuses the government and especially Interior Minister, Ioannis Rallis, as responsible.

July

• July 23: A strong earthquake (6.6 on the Richter scale) strikes Kos, killing 200 persons.

August

• August 10: Striking lignite mine workers in Aliveri clash with the police. Six persons are wounded.

October

• October 5: Eleftherios Venizelos ends his 10-day good will visit to Turkey.

Births

February

• February 3: Paul Sarbanes, Greek-American politician.
• February 12: Costa-Gavras, film producer.
• February 13: Michalis Karaolis, EOKA fighter

March

• March 5: Costas Linoxilakis, footballer

May

• May 27: Zozo Sapuntzaki, actress

June

• June 8: Vangelis Panakis, footballer

July

• July 16: Mary Chronopoulou, actress

August

• August 2: Ioannis Varvitsiotis, politician
• August 13: Alekos Michailidis, Cypriot politician

September

• September 4: Zoe Fytousi, actress, singer

October

• October 22: Helmut Senekowitsch, football coach

November

• November 3: Michael Dukakis, Greek-American politician.

Unknown

• Petros Anagnostakis, laika singer
• Petros Fyssoun, actor
• Alekos Sofianidis, footballer

Deaths

April

• April 29: Constantine Cavafy, writer

May

• Date Unknown: Michalis Economou, painter