Phantis:Selected anniversaries/January 1
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- 1068: Widowed Byzantine Empress Eudocia married Romanus who became the Emperor best known for losing the Battle of Manzikert.
- 1822: During the Greek War of Independence, the First National Council met and decided upon a constitution. The colours of the Greek flag were to be blue and white.
- 1965: OTE began offering automated services to subscribers; weather and on duty hospital information
- 1981: Greece officially became the 10th member of the European Union.
- 1987: Prices of goods increased as a result of Value Added Taxation (VAT) that went into effect.
- 1994: Greece assumed the Presidency of the European Union.
- 2002: The euro replaced the drachma as the currency of Greece.
- Births: Mordechai Frizis, World War II military hero (1893), Nikiforos Vrettakos, poet (1912), Ellie Lambeti, actress (1926), Panagiotis Giannakis, basketball player and coach (1959), Efthimios Rentzias, basketball player (1976)
- Deaths: Saint Basil (379), Maximus V, Patriarch of Constantinople (1972)
Recent days: December 31 - December 30
