Phantis:Selected anniversaries/October 27
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- 1899: German Princess Sophie married Crown Prince Constantine of Greece in Athens, Greece.
- 1923: An attempted royalist coup by Ioannis Metaxas, G. Ziras and others was put down.
- 1960: Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis inaugurated Kaftantzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki.
- 1979: Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis met Pope John Paul II in Rome.
- Births:Babis Tsertos (1956), musician, performer of traditional, folk and rebetiko songs; Theodoros Zagorakis (1971), footballer, captain of the Euro 2004 Greek team
- Deaths: Thrasivoulos Zaimis (1880), politician, Prime Minister
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