- 1910: Chrysostom arrived at Smyrna to take up his post as Bishop.
- 1941: The German authorities forbid the showing of English or American films in Greek cinemas.
- 1956: Michalis Karaolis and Andreas Dimitriou became the first two Greek-Cypriots to be hanged by the British during the EOKA campaign.
- Births: Markos Vamvakaris, composer (1905)
