October 27
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Events
- 1848: Konstantinos Kanaris forms a government.
- 1899: German Princess Sophie marries Crown Prince Constantine of Greece in Athens, Greece.
- 1923: An attempted royalist coup led by Generals Georgios Leonardopoulos and Panagiotis Gargalidis and Colonel Georgios Ziras is put down.
- 1960: Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis inaugurates Kaftantzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki.
- 1979: Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis meets Pope John Paul II in Rome.
Sports
- 1968: Goalkeeper Stelios Serafeidis is sent off in an Olympiakos - AEK derby. He is replaced by...forward Mimis Papaioannou who makes the save of the match in the 89th minute to preserve a 3-2 AEK victory.
Births
- 1934: Giorgos Konstantinou, actor
- 1956: Babis Tsertos, musician, performer of traditional, folk and rebetiko songs
- 1971: Theodoros Zagorakis, footballer, captain of the Euro 2004 Greek team
Deaths
- 1880: Thrasivoulos Zaimis, politician, Prime Minister
- 2009: Elli Pappa, leftist writer and reporter.
