January 21

Events

• 1878: 24,000 Greek troops, under Gen. Skarlatos Soutsos, invade Thessaly to protect the locals who rebelled against Ottoman yoke.
• 1897: 1,500 Greek troops, under Timoleon Vassos, land in Crete to aid local rebels who sought union with Greece.
• 1944: Four units of the Hellenic Navy take part in the landing at Anzio.
• 1988: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November unsuccessfully attempt to assassinate US official George Karos.
• 2009: Antros Kyprianou is elected Secretary General of AKEL, replacing Dimitris Christofias.

Sports

• 1989: A luxury hotel opens inside the training camp of Panathinaikos at Paiania. It was the beginning of the construction of a modern training camp (one of the best in Europe) which was concluded in 1993.

Births

• 1924: Telly Savalas, Greek-American actor
• 1939: Phaedon Georgitsis, actor.
• 1943: Dimitris Poulikakos, actor.

Deaths

• 1943: Col. Konstantinos Davakis, WWII hero
• 2009: Dimitris Persidis, footballer.
• 2010: Apostolos Vasiliadis, footballer.