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'''[[January 9]]''' | '''[[January 9]]''' | ||
| + | *[[1938]]: [[King Paul|Crown Prince Paul]] of [[Greece]] married [[Queen Frederika|Princess Frederika]] in [[Athens]]. | ||
| + | *[[1956]]: [[EOKA]] fighter, [[Kyriakos Matsis]], was arrested, along with his brother Yiannakis, by the British. | ||
| + | *[[1965]]: The Greek government officially announced that 4,000 Greeks were forced to leave Istanbul during [[1964]] - the year of the [[Cyprus]] crisis. | ||
| + | *[[1979]]: Greek television began broadcasting in color using the French system SECAM. It was later replaced by the German PAL | ||
| + | *Births: [[Michalis Violaris]], popular singer ([[1944]]) | ||
| + | *Deaths: [[Theophilos Kairis]], educator ([[1853]]), [[Samuel Gridley Howe]], [[Philhellenism|philhellene]] ([[1876]]), [[Theocletus II]], [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece ([[1962]]) | ||
<span style="font-size:11px; padding-top:3px;">Recent days: [[January 8]] - [[January 7]]</span> | <span style="font-size:11px; padding-top:3px;">Recent days: [[January 8]] - [[January 7]]</span> | ||
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Revision as of 09:28, January 4, 2007
- 1938: Crown Prince Paul of Greece married Princess Frederika in Athens.
- 1956: EOKA fighter, Kyriakos Matsis, was arrested, along with his brother Yiannakis, by the British.
- 1965: The Greek government officially announced that 4,000 Greeks were forced to leave Istanbul during 1964 - the year of the Cyprus crisis.
- 1979: Greek television began broadcasting in color using the French system SECAM. It was later replaced by the German PAL
- Births: Michalis Violaris, popular singer (1944)
- Deaths: Theophilos Kairis, educator (1853), Samuel Gridley Howe, philhellene (1876), Theocletus II, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece (1962)