March 24

Events

• 1545: A powerful earthquake (6.8 on the Richter scale) strikes Lamia. 4,000 persons are killed.
• 1924: The 4th National Assembly abolishes the monarchy and declares Greece to be a Republic.
• 1935: Generals Anastasios Papoulas and Koimisis are executed for their role in the March 1 attempted coup d' etat.
• 1992: A Sudanese aircraft crashes on Mt. Hymettus due to pilot error.

Sports

• 1971: Panathinaikos draw Everton 0-0 at home and advance into the semi-finals of the Cup of Champions on away goals.
• 2007: Greece are defeated 4-1 at Karaiskaki Stadium by Turkey in a Euro 2008 qualifier.

Births

• 1950: Neto Guerino, footballer
• 1954: Elli Stai, TV presenter
• 1979: Periklis Iakovakis, athlete

Deaths

• 1857: Konstantinos Galatis, Mayor of Athens
• 1935: Anastasios Papoulas, general.
• 1980: Alekos Livaditis, actor.
• 2007: Grigoris Farakos, one-time chairman of the Communist Party of Greece.
• 2016: Yiannis Kanakis, footballer