January 5

Events

• 1825: Greek War of Independence General, Theodoros Kolokotronis, is put on trial by the revolutionary government.
• 1900: The city of Piraeus gets electric lighting.
• 1913: During the First Balkan War, the Greek Navy engages the Ottomans at the Battle of Lemnos.
• 1941: A Greek Army football team plays against an English one (4-2) at Leoforos. Two months later, Panathinaikos face a team of English aviators (6-2). The English took these initiatives aiming to reinforce the ties with the Greek people.
• 1964: Patriarch Athenagoras meets Pope Paul VI on the Mount of Olives. It marks the first time the leaders of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church have met since the Council of Florence in the 15th Century.

Sports

• 1940: Greek boxer, Anton Christoforidis, marks his US debut by defeating Willie Pavlovich in Madison Square Garden, New York.

Births

• 1867: Dimitrios Gounaris, politician.
• 1908: Pantelis Zervos, actor.
• 1972: Sakis Rouvas, singer.