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Events
- 1925: Greek authorities hunt down the bandit gang of Yiangoulas and Babanis.
- 1944: The Greek 3rd mountain brigade enters Rimini after defeating its German defenders.
- 1956: Three EOKA members Andreas Panagidis, Michalis Koutsoftas and Stelios Mavrommatis are hanged by the British in Cyprus.
- 1989: A European court fines Greece 650 million drachmas for passing corn from Yugoslavia as Greek and subsequently exporting it into the EU.
Births
- 1871: Meletius Metaxakis, former Ecumenical Patriarch
Deaths
- 1925: Fotis Yiangoulas, famous bandit
- 1992: Alexandros Kotzias, writer
- 2019: Alekos Iordanou, footballer