July 23

Events

1833: The Church of Greece declares itself independent of Patriarch of Constantinople.
1933: A strong earthquake (6.6 on the Richter scale) strikes Kos, killing 200 persons.
1949: A powerful earthquake (6.7 on the Richter scale) strikes the island of Chios.
1974: The military government in Greece collapses and former prime minister Constantine Karamanlis is invited to return.
1974: Nikos Sampson, junta-appointed President of Cyprus resigns and is replaced by Parliament President Glafkos Clerides
2002: 37-year old teacher, Konstantinos Telios, surrenders to the police in Thessaloniki as a member of the Revolutionary Organisation 17 November.

1949: The Cyprus National Football Team play their first international: a 3-0 loss to Israel in Tel-Aviv.
1995: Christos Pallakis breaks the Greek record in the pole vault with 5.56m.