November 9

Events

• 1866: The holocaust of Arkadi takes place.
• 1871: Thrasivoulos Zaimis forms a government.
• 1931: A Greek monk discovers the icon of Panagia of Sumela in Trapezus, Asia Minor.
• 1940: After the complete failure of the invasion of Greece by the Italian military, Mussolini replaces General Prasca with General Ubaldo Soddu, his former Vice-Minister of War.
• 1995: Greek police disarm and arrest an Ethiopian who had hijacked an Olympic Airlines airplane, just before takeoff, and was holding a stewardess hostage.

Births

• 1855: Alexandros Zaimis, Prime Minister
• 1918: Spiro Agnew, Greek-American Vice-President of the United States.
• 1935: Mary Linda, singer
• 1973: Zisis Vryzas, footballer

Deaths

• 959: Constantine VII "Porfyrogenitos", Byzantine emperor.
• 1866: Abbot Gabriel Marinakis, at Arkadi monastery.
• 1866: Konstantinos Giaboudakis, at Arkadi monastery.

Namesday

• Saint Nectarius