January 23

Events

• 1867: A major earthquake, measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale, strikes Lixouri, Kefallinia, killing 150 people and destroying many houses.
• 1923: The Greek Government publishes the law that adopts the Gregorian Calendar.
• 2008: PM Costas Karamanlis visits Turkey marking the first official visit by a Greek PM to that country since 1959.

Sports

• 1931: Olympiakos Nicosia is founded. During the period 1967-74 Cyprus champions played in Greece and played 3 times in the Greek football league.
• 1996: Greece submits her candidacy as host country of the 2004 Olympics.

Births

• 1926: Kyriakos Matsis, EOKA fighter
• 1942: Andreas Stylianou, Cypriot footballer
• 1974: Rebekah Elmaloglou, Greek-Australian actress
• 1978: Fiona Tzavara, singer

Deaths

• 1958: Nikolaos Georgantas, athlete
• 1973: Alexander Onassis in an aircrash
• 2014: Takis Papadimitriou, footballer