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Latest revision as of 22:16, May 30, 2006
- 1862: A movement to oust King Otto of Greece was put down by Athanasios Miaoulis.
- 1902: The Ministry of the Military ordered confiscated all copies of the translated Bible in Greece. The row over the translation of the Bible into modern Greek is known in history as "The Evangelical events" (Ta Evangelika).
- 1988: Greek PM Andreas Papandreou and Turkish PM Turgut Ozal, signed the Davos Accord.
- Births: Kyros Vassaras, international football referee (1966), Vasilis Dimitriadis, footballer (1966).
- Deaths: Zacharias Papantoniou, writer (1940), Stathis Tsanaktzis, footballer (2002)
Recent days: January 31 - January 30
- 1924: The Greek education system was reformed and 6-year primary schools were established.
- 1937: Marika Kotopouli opened her new theatre in Athens city centre.
- 2006: The Greek government confirmed that Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and several ministers had their mobile phones tapped for more than a year - begining before the Athens Olympics in 2004 and lasting until March 2005.
- Births: Henri de Rigny, French admiral at the Battle of Navarino (1782), Fani Chalkia, athlete (1979)
- Deaths: Constantine Karatheodoris, mathematician (1950)
Recent days: February 1 - January 31
- 1847: The Ottoman Empire recalled its Ambassador to Greece, Konstantinos Mousouros.
- 1953: Economist Spiros Markezinis established the Progressive Party (Κόμμα Προοδευτικών)
- 1990: Two bazookas were stolen from the Greek War Museum. The Revolutionary Organization 17 November assumed responsibility two days later.
- Births: Paul Sarbanes, Greek-American politician (1933); Yiannis Zouganelis, singer, songwriter, entertainer (1956).
- Deaths: John Cassavetes, Greek-American actor (1989).
Recent days: February 2 - February 1
- 1940: A German U-boat sank the Greek cargo ship "Eleni Spathatou" killing 12 seamen.
- 1943: Kostas Perrikos, head of resistance group PEAN was executed by the Germans.
- 1960: Official talks began between Greece and the European Common Market.
- Births: Alexandros Lykourezos, noted lawyer (1934); Oleg Protasov, football player and coach (1964).
- Deaths: Saint Cyril (869); Eleni Skoura, first Greek woman Member of Parliament (1991).
Recent days: February 3 - February 2
- 1918: The Greek government appropriated lignite mines compensating the proprietors
- 1931: Greek and Bulgarian troops clashed at the border. One Greek soldier was killed.
- 1942: The EAM Youth Movement was founded during the Axis occupation of Greece.
- 1971: The Mount Parnes Casino was opened for business.
- 1983: The figures of the 1981 Census were announced: the population of Greece stood at 9,740,411.
- Births: George Dilboy, Greek-American World War I hero (1896), Maria Tzobanaki, actress (1956), Loukas Vyntra, footballer (1981)
Recent days: February 4 - February 3
- 1825: Theodoros Kolokotronis was imprisoned by the revolutionary government during the Greek War of Independence.
- 1949: The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) purged many high officials among them Markos Vafiadis.
- 1982: The Greek Ministry of Education abolished the blue aprons that primary school pupils were forced to wear.
- Births: Sperantza Vrana, actress (1932)
- Deaths: Patriarch Photius (891), the former Queen Frederika of Greece (1981), Koula Arsenidou, singer (1993)
Recent days: February 5 - February 4
- 1922: The first issue of Athens daily "To Vima" was published.
- 1949: Nikolaos Zachariadis replaced Markos Vafiadis as head of the "Provisional Democratic Government".
- 2008: Metropolitan Hieronymus of Thebes was elected Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.
- Births: Anestis Vlachos, actor (1934); Pemy Zouni, actress (1956)
- Deaths: Sophoklis Venizelos, politician and Prime Minister (1964).
Recent days: February 6 - February 5
- 1833: The drachma replaced the phoenix as the monetary unit of Greece.
- 1981: 21 young fans were killed and 32 were injured, at the end of the Olympiakos - AEK derby, after Gate 7, which they were trying to exit, was left closed.
- 2005: Karolos Papoulias was elected President of the Hellenic Republic. His election received the largest majority ever, with 279 votes in favor.
- Births: Doukissa, Laika singer (1941).
- Deaths: Markos Vamvakaris, composer (1972); Nikos Xylouris, Cretan singer (1980); Yiannis Pathiakakis, football player (2002)
Recent days: February 7 - February 6
- 474: Zeno I ascended to the Byzantine throne.
- 1950: Martial law, imposed as a result of the Greek Civil War, was lifted throughout Greece.
- 1976: The European Common Market accepted the application of Greece for full membership.
- 1995: Four members of the Northern Epirus "Omonia Party" were released from prison by the Albanian authorities.
- Births: Constantine XI Palaeologus, last Byzantine emperor (1404); Katerina Stanisi, singer (1957); Angelos Charisteas, footballer (1980).
- Deaths: Dionysios Solomos, poet (1857); Miltiades Ewert, politician (2011).
Recent days: February 8 - February 7
- 1891: Panellinios Gymnastic Club was founded by 27 distinguished members of Athens' high society, materialising an idea by Nikolaos Kotselopoulos.
- 1947: The Treaty of Paris awarded the Dodecanese Islands to Greece.
- 1981: Six Greek workers lost their lives in a ship that burned off Elefsina.
- 1991: Athens mayor Antonis Tritsis visited the bombed capital of Iraq, Baghdad
- Births: Kostas Mountakis, Cretan singer (1926); Nadia Konstantopoulou, elafro singer (1936); Giorgos Kasnaferis, international referee (1967)
- Deaths: Nikos Kavvadias, poet (1975); Petros Panagiotarakos, basketball player for Panathinaikos BC (1999).
Recent days: February 9 - February 8
- 1959: The Treaty of Zurich was signed granting independence to Cyprus.
- 1971: Evidence of petroleum appeared off the coast of Thasos.
- 2001: OFI goalkeeper, Arian Beqaj, scored with a header, 5 minutes into injury time, in the OFI - Paniliakos 2-2 game. It marked the first time a goalkeeper has scored with a header in Greece.
- Births: Ioannis Kapodistrias, first Governor of Greece (1776); Alexandros Mavrokordatos, statesman (1791); Jennifer Aniston, Greek-American actress (1969).
- Deaths: Heraclius, noted Byzantine emperor (641)
Recent days: February 10 - February 9
- 1911: The Parliament was petitioned to declare the Katharevousa as the one and only official language of the Greek state.
- 1945: The Varkiza Agreement was signed.
- 1946: The second general council of the Communist Party of Greece took place which decided to boycott the upcoming elections in favour of armed struggle.
- 1979: Weapons were stolen from an army base in Rethymno, Crete.
- Births: Costa-Gavras, film producer (1933); Angeliki Nikolouli, reporter (1959).
- Deaths: Georgia Vasiliadou, actress (1980); Theodoros Polykandriotis, Laika composer (2004)
Recent days: February 11 - February 10
- 1975: The "Turkish Republic of North Cyprus" was declared independent by Turkish Cypriots. Only Turkey recogised the breakaway "state".
- 1979: The Greek government published the new law allowing divorce for reason of "long-term separation".
- Births: Georgios Papandreou, politician and Prime Minister (1888), Michalis Karaolis, EOKA member (1933), Christos Terzanidis, football player (1945)
- Deaths: Andronicus II Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor (1332); Andreas Syngros, national benefactor (1899); Nikolaos Kabanis, president of Aris Thessaloniki and editor of the newspaper Athlitika Nea (1977)
Recent days: February 12 - February 11
- 1898: An unsuccessful assassination attempt was made against King George I of Greece.
- 1992: Tens of thousands protested in Thessaloniki against the use of the name "Macedonia" by FYROM.
- 1993: Glafkos Clerides was elected President of Cyprus defeating incumbent Georgios Vasiliou.
- 2006: After a broad government reshuffle, under PM Costas Karamanlis, Dora Bakoyanni was appointed Greek Foreign Minister, the first ever woman to hold the job.
- Births: Kostas Varnalis, writer (1884), Paul Tsongas, Greek-American politician (1941), Valerios Leonidis, weightlifter (1966)
- Deaths: Karolos Koun, director (1987), Ploutis Servas, Cypriot politician (2001)
Recent days: February 13 - February 12
- 1998: Glafkos Clerides was re-elected President of Cyprus.
- 1999: Kurdish rebel leader, Abdullah Ocalan, left the Greek Embassy in Kenya and was arrested by Kenyan officials who handed him over to the Turks. The event sparked reactions in Greece that led to the resignation of three government ministers.
- Births: Dimitrios Vikelas, author, first President of the International Olympic Committee (1835), Andreas Papandreou, politician (1919)
- Deaths: Theodoros Kolokotronis, general in the Greek War of Independence (1843), Lysimachus Kaftantzoglou, architect (1932)
Recent days: February 14 - February 13
- 1914: The Greeks of Northern Epirus formed a government under Georgios Christakis-Zografos.
- 1923: The Julian Calendar was officially replaced by the Gregorian in Greece. February 16 became March 1.
- 1964: The Centre Union party of Georgios Papandreou triumphed in the Greek elections winning 52.8% of the vote. Panagiotis Kanellopoulos' National Radical Union received a mere 35.2%.
- 1994: Greece imposed an embargo on FYROM.
- 2003: Tasos Papadopoulos was elected President of Cyprus from the first round as he received 51% of the vote. Former President, Glafkos Clerides, received only 39%.
- Births: Angelos Terzakis, author (1907), Roula Koromila, TV presenter (1957)
Recent days: February 15 - February 14
- 1914: The Greeks of Northern Epirus declared their independence in Argyrokastro.
- 1982: Civil wedding ceremonies were given equal status to religious ones in Greece.
- 1999: Nikos Polychronopoulos won the gold medal at the European Juniors Billiard Championship in Murcia, Spain.
- Births: Giorgos Douros, international referee (1962)
- Deaths: Jovian, Byzantine emperor (364), Alexander Pantages, Greek-American businessman (1936), Benjamin I, Patriarch of Constantinople (1946)
Recent days: February 16 - February 15
- 1952: The Greek Parliament approved the country's entry into NATO.
- 1969: The Junta's Minister of the Interior, Stylianos Pattakos, ruled out the possibility of municipal elections in the near future.
- 1972: An Olympic Aviation Learjet crashed off the coast of Monte Carlo. Both crew members were killed.
- 1973: Archbishop Makarios III was proclaimed President of Cyprus for a third term as there were no other candidates for the post.
- Births: Nikos Kazantzakis, writer, philosopher (1883), Andreas Papaemmanouil, footballer (1939), Terence Quick, reporter (1947)
Recent days: February 17 - February 16
- 1908: There was a big uproar in educational circles as the Demotic version of the Greek language was introduced in Primary Schools.
- 1912: Greek reporters were expelled from Turkey having been accused of writing "divisive" articles.
- 1956: ERE controversially defeated the Democratic Union coalition - which polled more votes - to win 165 seats in the Greek Parliament.
- 1959: The London Agreement was signed granting independence to Cyprus.
- 1993: The government of FYROM asked the Greek government for permission to open a consulate in Athens.
- Births: Giorgos Seferis, poet (1900), Michalis Konstantinou, footballer (1978).
- Deaths: Dr. George Papanicolaou, inventor of the Pap smear (1962), Giorgos Kalafatis, founder of Panathinaikos FC (1964), Christoforos Nezer, Greek actor (1970), Kostas Negrepontis, football player and coach (1973).
Recent days: February 18 - February 17
- 1822: During the Greek War of Independence, a Greek flotilla under Andreas Miaoulis defeated a Turkish one under Karapepe Ali at Patra Bay.
- 1827: The National Assembly at Troezen elected Ioannis Kapodistrias as first Governor of Greece.
- 1913: The Battle of Bizani in the First Balkan War ended in Greek victory. Greek casualties numbered 812 dead and 1,500 wounded.
- 2006: A military helicopter (a multi-purpose Bell Iroquois UH-1H Huey dating back to 1969), went down in Melissi, Giannitsa, during a night training flight, killing all four army staff on board.
- Deaths: Vasilis Logothetidis, actor (1960), Triantafyllos Siaperas, former chess champion (1994).
Recent days: February 19 - February 18
- 1915: Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos resigned after a series of disagreements - mostly focused around entry into World War I - with King Constantine I.
- 1941: Seven Italian aircraft were downed over Greece in a single day during World War II.
- 1985: Publisher Nikos Momferatos of the daily paper Apogevmatini and his driver were killed in Kolonaki. The Revolutionary Organisation 17 November assumed responsibility.
- 1993: Turkish PM, Turgut Ozal, accused Greece of "chauvinism" in relation to FYROM's use of the name "Macedonia".
- Births: Olympia Snowe, Greek-American politician (1947), Angelos Dionysiou, singer (1957)
Recent days: February 20 - February 19
- 1897: Cretans battled against Turks in Ierapetra.
- 1935: The trial of a bandit and several high officials of the Police force over the 1933 assassination attempt on Venizelos' life began.
- 1943: Students staged a strike in occupied Athens.
- Births: Apostolos Santas, Greek Resistance (1922); Grigoris Afxentiou, second in command of EOKA (1928).
- Deaths: Katina Paxinou, actress (1973)
Recent days: February 21 - February 20
- 1822: The head of Ali Pasha - slain on January 17 - reached Constantinople where Sultan Mahmud II put it on display in front of his palace.
- 1965: EIR (present-day ERT) broadcast on Television for the first time.
- 1975: The National Football Team of Greece were embarassed 2-0 by Malta in La Valetta.
- Deaths: Marika Ninou, singer (1956), Markos Vafiadis Greek communist (1992), Titos Vandis, actor (2003)
Recent days: February 22 - February 21
- 391: Emperor Theodosius I outlawed paganism.
- 1931: Athenagoras became Archbishop of North and South America.
- 1948: American General James Van Fleet arrived in Greece to assist the national forces against the Democratic Army of Greece in the Greek Civil War.
- 1975: An attempted coup d'etat against the Karamanlis government was foiled. As many of the officers involved were arrested in the middle of the night, this went down in history as the "Pyjamas coup d'etat".
- Births: Yiota Lydia, singer (1934), Christos Lambrakis, publisher (1934).
- Deaths: Giorgos Andrianopoulos, footballer, mayor of Piraeus (1980)
Recent days: February 23 - February 22
- 1822: The Revolutionary government of Greece outlawed slavery.
- 1826: Turkish forces occupied the small island of Vasiladi, outside Mesolonghi, making the situation of the besieged Greeks more difficult.
- 1919: Dodecanese Greeks demonstrated in Athens demanding "Enosis" (union) of the islands with Greece.
- 1968: Archbishop Makarios III was re-elected President of Cyprus obtaining 220,911 votes (96.29%) out of 229,488 valid votes cast.
- 1973: Nikos Koemtzis killed three persons and injured another six over a song he requested at a night club.
- Births: Evridiki, singer (1968)
Recent days: February 24 - February 23
- 1911: Serious debates took place on the matter of the Greek language. University students protested against poet Kostis Palamas' strong pro-Demotic stand.
- 1913: The Greek Army came to control all Epirus - including Northern Epirus - during the First Balkan War.
- 1997: 37 New Democracy MPs petitioned the Greek Parliament to release former dictator George Papadopoulos from jail because of ill health.
- Births: Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gikas, painter (1906), Manolis Mitsias, singer (1946)
- Deaths: Alexandros Koumoundouros, Prime Minister (1883), Amalia Fleming nee Katsouri, wife of Dr. Alexander Fleming and PASOK MP (1986)
Recent days: February 25 - February 24
- 1921: Crown Prince George of Greece married Princess Elisabeth of Romania.
- 1941: British troops occupied Kastellorizo.
- 1959: PM Constantine Karamanlis took part in the ground-breaking ceremony for the Hilton Hotel in Athens.
- 1990: Despite opposition from the Church, divorce laws were reformed and the civil wedding ceremony was introduced in Cyprus.
- 1991: Aleka Papariga was elected Secretary General of the Communist Party of Greece.
- Births: Constantine the Great, considered the founder of the Byzantine Empire (272), Evagoras Pallikaridis, EOKA fighter (1938).
- Deaths: Kostis Palamas, poet (1943), Theodoros Pangalos, general, dictator (1952)
Recent days: February 26 - February 25
- 380: Byzantine emperor Theodosius I issued an edict recognising Christianity as the official religion of the state.
- 1949: During the Greek Civil War, government forces discovered the secret location of the printing press of the communist newspaper "Morias".
- 1959: The Greek Parliament rejected by 170 to 117 the move to censure PM Constantine Karamanlis over his signing the Zurich and London agreements. ERE MPs applauded the result while Sophoklis Venizelos walked out of the chamber shouting "Long live Enosis!".
- Births: Fotis Pittas, EOKA fighter (1935)
- Deaths: Gregorios Staktopoulos, journalist convicted of the George Polk murder (1998).
Recent days: February 27 - February 26
- 1892: King George I dismissed Theodoros Deligiannis eventhough the latter commanded the majority of seats in the Hellenic Parliament.
- 1944: Greek resistance movements EDES, EAM and EKKA signed a cooperation pact at Plaka, Epirus.
- 1956: Lina Tsaldari became the first woman Cabinet member. She was the widow of former PM Panagis Tsaldaris.
- Births: His All-Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew I (1940)
Recent days: February 28 - February 27
