September 21

Events

• 1925: Greek authorities hunt down the bandit gang of Yiangoulas and Babanis.
• 1944: The Greek 3rd mountain brigade enters Rimini after defeating its German defenders.
• 1956: Three EOKA members Andreas Panagidis, Michalis Koutsoftas and Stelios Mavrommatis are hanged by the British in Cyprus.
• 1989: A European court fines Greece 650 million drachmas for passing corn from Yugoslavia as Greek and subsequently exporting it into the EU.

Births

• 1871: Meletius Metaxakis, former Ecumenical Patriarch

Deaths

• 1925: Fotis Yiangoulas, famous bandit
• 1992: Alexandros Kotzias, writer