Phantis:Selected anniversaries/September 7
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- 1833: War of Independence heroes Theodoros Kolokotronis, Dimitrios Plapoutas, Kitsos Tzavellas and Gennaios Kolokotronis were arrested on suspicion of treason.
- 1991: Cetin Gorgu, Turkish assistant press attache, was shot and killed in his car in Pangrati, Athens. The Revolutionary Organisation 17 November assumed responsibility.
- 1999: A powerful earthquake (5.9 on the Richter scale) caused extensive damage and 86 fatalities in Attica.
- Births: Elia Kazan, Greek-American film director and producer (1909), Sotiris Moustakas actor (1940).
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