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*[[1921]]: [[Meletios Metaxakis]], Archbishop of North and South America, is elected Ecumenical Patriarch. Meletios was labeled a [[Venizelism|Venizelist]].
*[[1925]]: [[Theodoros Pangalos]] tries to assert his authority by holding a publicly held hanging execution; Drakakos and Zafeiropoulos were executed for embezzling public monies.
*[[1940]]: [[Maria Callas]] makes her first professional performance in the National Opera House, playing Beatrice in "Boccaccio".
*[[1999]]: [[Kakhi Kakhiasvili]] wins 3 gold metals at 94 kg the World Weightlifting Championship games held in [[Athens]].
*[[2004]]: The relics of Saint [[Gregory Nazianzenus]] are returned to [[Constantinople]] by the Roman Catholic Church.
