March 18

Events

• 1844: King Otto takes an oath of allegiance to the new constitution of Greece which is published in the Government's Annals.
• 1863: The Second National Assembly of Greece offers the throne to Prince Christian William Ferdinand Adolph George of Denmark.
• 1913: King George I is assassinated in Thessaloniki by Alexandros Schinas.Crown Prince Constantine ascends to the throne.
• 1926: A powerful earthquake (6.9 on the Richter scale) strikes Kastellorizo and the surrounding area.
• 2001: The 27th census takes place throughout Greece.

Sports

• 2006: Panathinaikos BC win their 9th Greek Cup by defeating Marousi BC 68-57.

Births

• 1939: Yiannis Markopoulos, composer
• 1968: Temuri Ketsbaia, football player and coach

Deaths

• 1868: Benizelos Rouphos, politician, Prime Minister
• 1913: King George I, King of the Hellenes
• 1936: Eleftherios Venizelos, politician
• 1996: Odysseus Elytis, Nobel prize winning poet, born in Heraklion, Crete