September 15

From Phantis

Events

• 1904: Theodoros Modis, a leading member of the "Committee for the Defence of Monastir", is murdered by Bulgarian agents during the Macedonian Struggle.
• 1912: A conference convenes in Volos to discuss the agrarian problems in Thessaly. The mandatory break-up of large farms ("cifliks") and redistribution to farmers is decided.
• 1921: Eleftherios Venizelos - a widower - weds Elena Skilitsi in London.
• 1943: German occupation troops execute 42 Greeks at Gdochia, Lasithi prefecture, Crete.
• 1943: German occupation troops execute 19 Greeks at Myrtos, Lasithi prefecture, Crete.
• 1944: ELAS Guerrilas attack and capture Meligala, Messinia. Atrocities follow.

Sports

• 2009: APOEL play their first game in the CL Group Stage and come away with a 0-0 draw against Atletico Madrid in Estadio Vicente Calderon.

Deaths

• 668: Constans II, Byzantine emperor
• 1855: Charles Fabvier, French philhellene
• 1936: Alexandros Zaimis, politician
• 2008: Stavros Paravas, actor