November 29

Events

• 1826: French philhellene Charles Fabvier breaks through Turkish positions and supplies the besieged Greeks at Athens.
• 1947: Greece votes against the partition of Palestine. The resolution, however, passes in the UN by 33 to 13 with 10 abstentions.
• 1964: A deadly mine explosion - possibly left from the war - during the 22nd anniversary celebrations of the sabotage of the bridge of Gorgopotamos, results in the death of 13 people. Another 51 were seriously injured.
• 1967: The Pipinelis - Caglayangil accord temporarily halts the Greco-Turkish tension over Cyprus. As part of the accord, Greece was obligated to withdraw the division sent by Georgios Papandreou in 1964.
• 1992: A new tax is set by the government. This new tax is to be paid annually by owners of real estate properties and is called ...Real Estate Tax.
• 2009: Antonis Samaras is elected leader of the New Democracy party from the first round. His main opponent was former Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis

Births

• 1861 (NS): Spyridon Samaras, composer of the Olympic anthem.
• 1931: Rigas Efsthathiadis athlete (pole vault)
• 1931: Yiannis Karabesinis, laika composer and songwriter.
• 1976: Michalis Kakiouzis, basketball player
• 1980: Elias Kasidiaris, Golden Dawn spokesman

Deaths

• 1851: Emmanouil Xanthos, founder of the Friendly Society
• 1912: Lorentzos Mavilis, poet
• 1937: Pavlos Nirvanas, poet, novelist, screenplay writer and critic
• 2005: Kostas Tsimas, politician
• 2006: Christos Tegopoulos, newspaper founder, publisher