Phantis:Selected anniversaries/January 13
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- 532: The Nika riots broke out in Constantinople.
- 1801: The flag of the "Independent State of the Ionian Islands" was raised in Corfu.
- 1941: Anton Christoforidis defeated Melio Bettina, in Cleveland, Ohio, by unanimous decision to win the National Boxing Association light heavyweight title.
- 1955: The sailboat "Agios Georgios" transported weapons and ammunition from mainland Greece to Paphos, Cyprus in preparation for the EOKA struggle.
- 1963: A mudslide killed 13 persons in Mikro Chorio, Evritania prefecture.
- 1974: Metropolitan Serafim of Ioannina was elected Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.
- Births: Kostis Palamas, poet (1859), Jacek Gmoch, football coach (1939), Takis Lemonis, football player and coach (1960)
- Deaths: Queen Sophie of Greece (1932), Dimitris Semsis, musician (1950)
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