November 4

Events

• 1254: Theodore II Lascaris is acclaimed as Byzantine emperor upon the death of his father John III Doukas Vatatzes.
• 1620: Cyril Lucaris is elected Patriarch of Constantinople.
• 1821: The revolting Greeks prevail over the Turkish forces at Chalandri and then take over Athens.
• 1902: Theocletus I is ordained Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.
• 1912: Icaria is liberated during the First Balkan War.
• 1918: The First Congress of Greek socialists is held, from which the Socialist Labour Party of Greece or SEKE (Greek: Σοσιαλιστικό Εργατικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Sosialistiko Ergatiko Komma Elladas) was born - a few years later it is renamed to Communist Party of Greece (Kommounistiko Komma Ellados, Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδος, KKE).
• 1932: Panagis Tsaldaris is sworn in as Prime Minister after winning the September 26 elections with the Popular Party (Laiko Komma, Λαϊκό Κόμμα)
• 1961: Constantine Karamanlis is sworn in as PM, after winning the October 29 elections where, as they later pronounced, "even the trees voted !"
• 1980: The five day work week is established.
• 2009: Ban Ki-moon becomes the first Secretary-General of the United Nations to visit Greece.

Sports

• 1928: Legendary goalkeeper Achilleas Grammatikopoulos debuts for Olympiakos. Grammatikopoulos would remain as Olympiakos' keeper until 1944.

Births

• 1883: Nikolaos Plastiras, General and politician.
• 1901: Spyros Marinatos, archaeologist
• 1939: Martha Karayianni, actress

Deaths

• 1856: Michael Tositsa, National Benefactor.
• 1959: George (Karslidis) of Drama, saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church
• 1988: Kleanthis Vikelidis, footballer
• 2015: Kostas Tsakonas, comedy actor