Phantis:Selected anniversaries/January 9
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- 1938: Crown Prince Paul of Greece married Princess Frederika in Athens.
- 1948: The Hellenic Parliament passed Law 518 annexing the Dodecanese islands.
- 1965: The Greek government officially announced that 4,000 Greeks were forced to leave Istanbul during 1964 - the year of the Cyprus crisis.
- 1979: Greek television began broadcasting in color using the French system SECAM. It was later replaced by the German PAL
- Births: Michalis Violaris, popular singer (1944)
- Deaths: Samuel Gridley Howe, philhellene (1876), Dimitrios Bitsios, diplomat, Foreign Minister (1984)