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*[[1928]]: [[Aris FC|Aris]] defeat [[Ethnikos Piraeus FC|Ethnikos Piraeus]] 3-1 to clinch the first football championship in Greek history. | *[[1928]]: [[Aris FC|Aris]] defeat [[Ethnikos Piraeus FC|Ethnikos Piraeus]] 3-1 to clinch the first football championship in Greek history. | ||
*[[1949]]: Prime Minister [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]] dies in office. He is succeeded by [[Alexandros Diomedes]]. | *[[1949]]: Prime Minister [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]] dies in office. He is succeeded by [[Alexandros Diomedes]]. | ||
+ | *[[1991]]: A bomb explodes near the Archaeological Museum in [[Athens]] injuring six policemen. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== |
Revision as of 09:49, January 9, 2009
Events
- 1640: Former Patriarch of Constantinople, Cyril II, is executed in Tunisia.
- 1912: Four people die during a heatwave in Athens.
- 1920: The Greeks defeat Turkish forces at Alashehir during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
- 1925: Officers loyal to Theodoros Pangalos stage a coup. For the next two years, Pangalos will rule Greece by decree.
- 1928: Aris defeat Ethnikos Piraeus 3-1 to clinch the first football championship in Greek history.
- 1949: Prime Minister Themistoklis Sofoulis dies in office. He is succeeded by Alexandros Diomedes.
- 1991: A bomb explodes near the Archaeological Museum in Athens injuring six policemen.
Births
- 1869: Prince George of Greece, High Commissioner of Crete
- 1945: Nora Valsami, actress
- 1977: Dimos Dikoudis, basketball player
- 1978: Pantelis Kafes, footballer
Deaths
- 1640: Cyril II, Patriarch of Constantinople
- 1835: Andreas Miaoulis, Greek revolutionary.
- 1949: Themistoklis Sofoulis, archaeologist, politician and Prime Minister