325 BC: Alexander's fleet, consisting of 150 ships under the command of Admiral Nearchus from Crete, set sail from the port of Matala, in the mouth of the Indus river, to return to Persia. It reached Harmozeia (present day Hormuz Straits) at the end of December, after encountering heavy seas and experiencing many adversities.
1923: Patriarch Meletius IV resigns the Ecumenical throne amid growing political pressure.
1942: Resistance members belonging to PEAN blow up the offices of the "National Socialist Patriotic Organisation" killing 43 Germans and 23 Greek collaborators.
1951: NATO accepts Greece and Turkey as new members.
1961: Konstantinos Dovas forms a caretaker government which will conduct one of the most disputed elections in the history of Greece.
2007: A particularly good night for Greece in soccer! At their respective UEFA Cup campaigns, all five sides won: Larissa - Blackburn (UK) 2-0; Artmedia (Slovakia) - Panathinaikos 1-2; AEK - Salzburg (Austria) 3-0; Sochaux (France) - Panionios 0-2; Aris - Zaragoza (Spain) 1-0.
2009: Greece defeat Slovenia 57-56 and win third place in Eurobasket 2009.