January 15
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Events
- 1922: France supplies the Kemalist army with weapons and ammunition in the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922.
- 1939: A committee is established to organise the transfer of the remains of Andreas Kalvos from England to Greece
- 1950: The Church of Cyprus organises a referendum as to the future status of the island colony. 97% of all participants vote for Enosis with Greece.
Sports
- 1996: PSAT awards for Best Athletes of 1995, for the first time in the presence of Kostis Stefanopoulos, president of the Hellenic republic. Pyrros Dimas becomes the first athlete after Nikos Galis to be elected three times Athlete of The Year (1992, 1993). Katerina Thanou, the national junior basketball team and Kyriakos Giannopoulos (captain of the national water polo team) receive awards.
Births
- 1906: Aristotle Onassis, shipping tycoon
- 1972: Christos Kostis, footballer