Phantis:Selected anniversaries/May 1
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- 1894: May Day is celebrated for the first time in Greece.
- 1925: Cyprus is declared a Crown colony.
- 1944: 200 Greek patriots are executed by the Nazis at Kaisariani.
- 1948: Justice Minister, Christos Ladas, is assassinated during the Greek Civil War.
- 1967: Footballer Mimis Domazos marries popular singer Vicky Moscholiou.
- 1983: Composer Mikis Theodorakis receives the Lenin Award.
- 1997: The birth of Phantis
- Births: Yiannis Ritsos, poet (1909).
- Deaths: Arcadius, first Byzantine emperor to rule exclusively in the East (408),
Alekos Panagoulis, MP and would-be assassin of dictator George Papadopoulos (*1976).
