February 7

Events

• 457: Leo I is crowned Byzantine emperor.
• 1828: Ioannis Kapodistrias is sworn in as Governor of Greece at Aegina.
• 1922: The first issue of Athens daily "To Vima" (The Podium) is published. Among the newspapers' founders is Dimitrios Lambrakis.
• 1949: Nikolaos Zachariadis replaces Markos Vafiadis as head of the "Provisional Democratic Government".
• 1956: Student Petros Yiallouros, a member of ANE, is slain during a protest in Cyprus.

Sports

• 1991: President of the Greek Weightlifting Federation Giannis Sgouros brings Pyrros Dimas to Greece.
• 2000: The daily sports journal "Filathlos" (Φίλαθλος) is first published with Yiannis Tragas as the editor

Births

• 1934: Anestis Vlachos, actor
• 1956: Pemy Zouni, actress

Deaths

• 1956: Petros Yiallouros, member of ANE - the EOKA youth
• 1964: Sophoklis Venizelos, politician and Prime Minister.