May 8
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Events
- 1821: Samos, under Lycurgus Logothetis, joins the Greek War of Independence.
- 1919: Aristides Stergiadis is installed as High Commissioner of Smyrna.
- 1936: 12 tobacco workers are killed in violent demonstrations in Thessaloniki. 282 others are injured.
- 1948: American journalist, George Polk, is murdered in Thessaloniki.
- 1989: Former Minister Giorgos Petsos is injured in a bomb attack by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November in Filothei.
Sports
- 1963: St. Sevastopoulos breaks the 2m mark for a new Greek record in the high jump.
- 1988: Panathinaikos goalkeeper Nikos Sarganis helps his team win the Greek Cup in a penalty shootout, by saving two Olympiakos shots while scoring one himself.