January 31

Events

• 1854: Greek rebels, under Spyros Karaiskakis, lay siege to the city of Arta.
• 1934: Jim Londos beats Joe Savoldi in a one-fall match in Chicago. The crowd of 20.000 is one of the largest crowds to watch a wrestling match
• 1969: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece purges Antonis Brillakis and Babis Drakopoulos.
• 1996: Greece and Turkey nearly go to war over the uninhabited Imia islands.

Sports

• 2013: Kostas Filippidis breaks the Greek indoor and overall record in the pole vault with a jump of 5.83m.

Births

• 1932: Giorgos Moutsios, actor
• 1944: Christodoulos Pasiardis, Defence Minister of Cyprus
• 1947: Elena Nathanail, actress
• 1957: Nikos Vamvakoulas, footballer
• 1976: Traianos Dellas, footballer
• 1982: Elena Paparizou, singer
• 1985: Kalomira Sarantis, singer

Deaths

• 1828: Alexander Ypsilantis, revolutionary
• 1877: Arsenios of Paros, saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church
• 1936: Georgios Kondilis, general, Prime Minister
• 1991: Kostas Moundakis, Cretan musician
• 2020: Dimitris Papadopoulos, footballer