October 23

Events

• 1839: The Holy Synod condemn the teachings of Theophilos Kairis and defrock him.
• 1942: Greek units take part in the Battle of El Alamein.
• 1949: OTE is established - the Greek Public Sector is the only stockholder.
• 1974: Former Junta strongmen George Papadopoulos, Stylianos Pattakos and Nikolaos Makarezos are exiled to the island of Kea.
• 1995: The Municipality of Athens announces the imposition of fines for littering.

Births

• 1901: I.M. Panagiotopoulos, writer and philosopher
• 1911: Antonis Migiakis, football player and coach.
• 1915: Vic Buckingham, one-time coach of Ethnikos Piraeus and Olympiakos.
• 1919: Manolis Andronikos, archaeologist
• 1925: Manos Hadjidakis, music composer, born in Xanthi
• 1939: Myron Anyfandakis, athlete (javelin throw)

Deaths

• 877: Patriarch Ignatius I of Constantinople.
• 1979: Prodromos Tsaousakis, rebetika singer.
• 2023: Chronis Aidonidis, singer