August 25

Events

• 1829: Richard Church resigns as Commander in Chief of Greek revolutionary forces.
• 1898: 700 Greeks and 15 Britons are slain by Turkish irregulars at Heraklio, Crete.
• 1972: Vasilis Lymperis' death sentence is carried out; Vasilis Lymperis is the last person to be executed in Greece.
• 1993: Vandals destroy the Greek cemetery of Neochori in Istanbul.

Sports

• 1973: Apostolos Kathiniotis breaks the Greek record in the long jump with 7.78m.
• 2024: Emmanouil Karalis breaks the Greek record for the pole vault with a 6.00m performance at the Diamond League competition in Chorzow, Poland.

Births

• 1938: Yiannis Fertis, actor
• 1975: Arian Beqaj, footballer

Deaths

• 1972: Vasilis Lymperis, last person executed in Greece.
• 2000: Rena Dallia, singer.
• 2002: Yiannis Gionakis, actor.
• 2017: Takis Emmanouil, actor