October 26

Events

740: A strong earthquake strikes Constantinople causing many deaths and much damage.
1912: The Greek army liberates Thessaloniki
1929: Eleftherios Venizelos inaugurates the Marathon dam, which later helps form Lake Marathon.
1944: British Foreign Minister, Anthony Eden, arrives in Athens for talks with Greek PM Georgios Papandreou.
1971: Mitsos Partsalidis, Babis Drakopoulos and 30 other members of the KKE-Interior are arrested.
1983: The first Greek woman gives birth through in-vitro fertilisation.
1993: Constantine Mitsotakis resigns the leadership of the New Democracy Party.
2010: The European Court on Human Rights awards 19 Cypriots the sum of €15,001,498 as compensation for denial, by Turkey, of use and enjoyment of their property in the occupied north.

1972: Totis Fylakouris is handed a 4-game ban because, prior to Panathinaikos' game against CSKA Sofia, he left a rooster in midfield as an insult to Olympiakos who had lost the previous day 4-0 to Tottenham Hotspur.
1986: 29-year old teacher, Charalambos Blionas, is killed in Larisa when he is hit with a flare during the football game between AE Larisa and PAOK.