October 8

Events

• 451: The Fourth Ecumenical Council begins.
• 1912: Greek forces land in Lemnos during the First Balkan War.
• 1929: Photius II becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
• 1943: German occupation troops execute 29 Greeks at Kallikratis, Chania prefecture, Crete.
• 1960: General Georgios Grivas announces the formation of a new political party: the "National Recovery Movement".
• 1973: Spiros Markezinis is appointed Prime Minister of Greece by George Papadopoulos.

Sports

• 2010: Giorgos Karagounis earns his 100th cap as Greece defeat Latvia 1-0 in a Euro 2012 qualifier.
• 2010: Yiannis Okkas becomes the first Cypriot to earn 100 caps as Cyprus lose 2-1 to Norway in a Euro 2012 qualifier.
• 2015: The National Football Team lose 1-3 in Belfast against N. Ireland and set a negative record of 12 straight matches without a victory.

Births

• 1952: Takis Koroneos, basketball player
• 1955: Gikas Chardouvelis, economist, cabinet minister
• 1983: Anna Pollatou, gymnast, bronze medalist in 2000 Olympiad.
• 2024: Prodromos Kyriakidis footballer

Deaths

• 1987: Konstantinos Tsatsos, President of Greece
• 2016: Stylianos Pattakos, member of Junta that ruled Greece from 1967 until 1974.