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*[[1801]]: [[Ali Pasha]] orders the execution by drowning of [[Kyra-Frosini]]. | *[[1801]]: [[Ali Pasha]] orders the execution by drowning of [[Kyra-Frosini]]. | ||
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*[[1921]]: The [[First Battle of Inonu]] ends inconclusively after both sides pull back and both claim victory. | *[[1921]]: The [[First Battle of Inonu]] ends inconclusively after both sides pull back and both claim victory. | ||
*[[1930]]: [[Kostis Palamas]] becomes President of the [[Athens Academy]]. | *[[1930]]: [[Kostis Palamas]] becomes President of the [[Athens Academy]]. |
Revision as of 12:05, February 2, 2011
Contents
Events
- 1801: Ali Pasha orders the execution by drowning of Kyra-Frosini.
- 1921: The First Battle of Inonu ends inconclusively after both sides pull back and both claim victory.
- 1930: Kostis Palamas becomes President of the Athens Academy.
- 1944: Allied airplanes bombard the harbour of Piraeus, destroying much of the city centre and killing 5,500 civilians.
- 1979: Yiangos Pesmazoglou leaves the Centrist Democratic Union to form the Democratic Socialist Party (KODISO, Greek: ΚΟΔΗΣΟ)
- 1989: "Greece has transformed into an immense madhouse," states the President of the Hellenic Republic, Constantine Karamanlis, when talking about the political situation in Greece. (Η Ελλάδα μεταβλήθηκε σε ένα απέραντο φρενοκομείο)
Sports
- 1897: 28 athletic clubs are assembled in Panellinios. The next day the decision is made and SEAGS (later to become SEGAS) is founded
Births
- 347: Theodosius I, Byzantine emperor
- 1853: Georgios Iakovidis, painter
- 1910: Nikos Kavvadias, writer
Deaths
- 812: Byzantine Emperor Stauracius.
- 1055: Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor nicknamed "Monomachos".
- 1923: King Constantine I exiled monarch of Greece.
- 1951: Grigorios Xenopoulos, writer.
- 1963: Giorgos Fotinos, footballer