October 29

Events

• 1918: The General Labor Union of Greece (GSEE, Greek:ΓΣΕΕ) is established
• 1956: Maria Callas debuts at the Metropolitan Opera of New York singing Bellini's "Norma".
• 1959: An Olympic Airways Douglas Aircraft Company DC-3 crashes near Athens. All 18 passengers and crew members perish.
• 1988:The scandal with George Koskotas surfaces when then Minister of Education, Giorgos Papandreou, accuses Olympiakos' president of illegal transactions with Merril Lynch

Births

• 1822: Thrasivoulos Zaimis, politician, Prime Minister
• 1969: Giorgos Donis, football player and coach.

Deaths

• 1986: Mimis Fotopoulos, actor
• 2006: Maria Kalouta, actress, singer, performer