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===January=== | ===January=== | ||
*[[January 15]]: France supplies the Kemalist army with weapons and ammunition in the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]]. | *[[January 15]]: France supplies the Kemalist army with weapons and ammunition in the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]]. | ||
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| + | *[[February 7]]: The first issue of Athens daily "To Vima" (The Podium) is published. Among the newspapers' founders is Dimitrios Lambrakis. | ||
===June=== | ===June=== | ||
*[[June 23]]: [[Alexandros Papanastasiou]] is sentenced to three years imprisonment for publishing his "Democratic Manifesto". His defence lawyer had been [[George Papandreou]]. | *[[June 23]]: [[Alexandros Papanastasiou]] is sentenced to three years imprisonment for publishing his "Democratic Manifesto". His defence lawyer had been [[George Papandreou]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:24, December 15, 2006
Events
January
- January 15: France supplies the Kemalist army with weapons and ammunition in the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).
February
- February 7: The first issue of Athens daily "To Vima" (The Podium) is published. Among the newspapers' founders is Dimitrios Lambrakis.
June
- June 23: Alexandros Papanastasiou is sentenced to three years imprisonment for publishing his "Democratic Manifesto". His defence lawyer had been George Papandreou.
July
- July 18: The Greek government declares Asia Minor independent, after truce signing negotations with Turkey fail.
- july 31: With a signed document, Panathinaikos president Giorgos Hatzopoulos, who designed the 3-leaf clover and general secretary, Mihalis Papazoglou, who selected it, announce the new name of Panathinaikos, from PPAO to PAO
August
- August 26: The Battle of Afyon Karahisar commences.
- August 30: The Battle of Afyon Karahisar ends in defeat for the Greek army.
September
- September 9: Turkish troops enter Smyrna.
- September 13: Smyrna is set ablaze by the Turkish army. For the next three days the city will burn out of control and an estimated 100,000 Greeks and Armenians will be killed.
- September 27: King Constantine I abdicates the throne.
October
- October 11: The Armistice of Mudanya is signed between Britain, France, Italy on the one hand and Turkey on the other.
- October 14: Greece acceeds to the Armistice of Mudanya.
- October 20: The peace conference which eventually produces the Treaty of Lausanne, commences.
- October 22: The Greek army evacuates Eastern Thrace followed by thousands of Greek and Armenian refugees.
November
- November 28: Five members of the Laiko Party - Dimitrios Gounaris, Nikolaos Stratos, Petros Protopapadakis, Nikolaos Theotokis, Georgios Baltatzis - as well as General Georgios Hadjianestis are executed at Goudi, Athens, for their role in the Asia Minor disaster.
December
- December 3: War rallies are held in many Cypriot cities with the union between Greece and Cyprus being the main demand.
Births
February
- February 22: Apostolos Santas, member of the Greek Resistance who lowered the swastika from the Acropolis, Athens.
April
- April 7: Apostolos Kaldaras, composer
August
- August 15: Giorgos Mouzakis, composer
September
- September 9: Manolis Glezos, politician.
November
- November 3: Spiros Kelogerou, actor
December
- December 2: Iakovos Kambanellis, theatrical playwriter
- December 11: Grigoris Bithikotsis, singer
Deaths
September
October
- October 24: : Andreas Karkavitsas, writer, physician