January 27
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Events
- 1944:Athanassios Sembos makes the first attempt to set up a journalists' union after the war ends. The second attempt takes place on May 17, 1947. The union will assume legal existence after 1952.
- 1990: An Athens Appellate Court acquits Police Officer Athanasios Melistas in the 1985 shooting of 15-year old student Kaltezas.
- 2005: During a thunderstorm, a lighting bolt hit a support cable of the Rio-Antirrio Bridge. The fire was placed under control immediately, but questions arose over the security of the bridge.
Deaths
- 1974: Georgios Grivas-Digenis, commander of EOKA
- 1977: Philopoemen Finos, Film producer
- 1980: Stratis Tsirkas, writer