May 27

Events

• 1821: Dimitris Papanikolis and his companions Yiannis Patatoukos and Giorgos Kalafatis burn a 76-cannon Turkish war ship in Eressos harbour, Lesbos.
• 1874: Metropolitan Procopius I is elected Archbishop of Athens
• 1919: The Greek Army occupies Aydini, Asia Minor.
• 1963: Grigoris Lambrakis, a leftist politician, succumbs to his injuries of May 22.

Sports

• 1966: Sportscaster Yiannis Diakoyiannis starts reporting on the England World Cup for national television carrier EIR, 3 months after its first transmission (February 23, 1966)

Births

• 1938: Socrates Kokkalis, owner of Olympiakos

Deaths

• 1879: Epameinondas Deligeorgis, politician, Prime Minister
• 1963: Grigoris Lambrakis, politician, assassinated