Phantis:Selected anniversaries/January 27
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- 1944:Athanassios Sembos made the first attempt to set up a journalists' union after the war ended. The second attempt took place on May 17, 1947. The union assumed legal existence after 1952.
- 1990: An Athens Appellate Court acquitted Police Officer Athanasios Melistas in the 1985 shooting of 15-year old student Kaltezas.
- 2005: During a thunderstorm, a lighting bolt hit a support cable of the Rio-Antirrio Bridge. The fire was placed under control immediately, but questions arose over the security of the bridge.
- Births: Alexandros Kotzias, author (1925)
- Deaths: Georgios Grivas-Digenis, commander of EOKA (1974), Philopemen Finos, Film producer ( 1977), Stratis Tsirkas, writer (1980)
Recent days: January 26 - January 25
