September 23

Events

1821: Greeks capture Tripolis during the War of Independence against Turkey
1844: The Theological School of Chalki is established.
1863: The Parliament of the Ionian Islands votes for Union with Greece.
1928: Italy and Greece sign a "Neutrality, Accordance and Judicial Resolution Pact".
1955: Markos Drakos and 15 other EOKA members escape from Kerynia castle.
1995: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I visits Patmos as part of the celebration of the 1,900 anniversary of the writing of the Book of Revelation by the Evangelist John.

1959: Apollon Athens set a record as they demolish PAO Nea Melandia 23-0 for the Greek Football Cup. Savvas Papazoglou scores 10 goals which still stands as a record in Greek football for a competitive game.
2000: Pyrros Dimas wins gold in weightlifting at the Sydney Olympiad. It is the third consecutive Olympiad that Dimas wins gold, a feat accomplished previously only by Naim Suleimanoglu.
2023: Maria Sakkari defeats American Caroline Dolehide 7-5, 6-3 to win the WTA 1000 tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico.