May 9

Events

1886: Dimitrios Valvis forms a government.
1931: An attempted coup by supporters of Theodoros Pangalos is put down.
1944: 10 Greeks are hanged by the German occupation forces at Psila Alonia, Achaea prefecture. Several were members of the resistance group EAM.
1956: A huge protest in Athens, over the upcoming executions of Michalis Karaolis and Andreas Dimitriou, turns bloody as four protesters are killed and 164 are injured.
1968: MP Giorgis Tsarouchas (EDA) is killed in Thessaloniki after apparently being tortured during interrogation.
1989: Constantine Mitsotakis blames the PASOK government for the increase of terrorism in Greece.

1965: After 1,088 scoreless minutes, Takis Economopoulos finally concedes a goal. The last time they scored against him was January 17, 1965.

1872: Georg Ludwig von Maurer, one of King Otto's three Bavarian regents.
1947: Evripidis Bakirtzis, Prime Minister of the "free areas of Greece" during the Axis occupation.
2001: Nikos Sampson, Junta-appointed "President" of Cyprus
2009: Evgenios Spatharis, master of the shadow theatre (Karagiozis).
2009: Theodoros Exarchos, actor