1940

Events

October

• October 28: Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas replied with the single-word reply "no", when Mussolini demanded occupation rights to strategic Greek sites. Greece officially entered World War II.

November

• November 22: The Greek army on the counter-offensive enters Korytsa in World War II
• November 24: The Greek army "liberates" the town of Moschopolis (known in Albanian as Voskopoja and in Aromanian as Moscopole) of northern Epirus (Albania) during the counter-offensive operations against the Italians in WWII

December

• December 8: The Greek army liberates Argyrokastro.

Births

October

• October 28: Poly Panou, popular singer