1924

Events

January

• January 4: Eleftherios Venizelos returns to Greece after 38 months of exile.
• January 24: Eleftherios Venizelos forms a government.

February

• February 19: Georgios Kafantaris forms a government.

March

• March 17: Panagis Tsaldaris is elected leader of the Popular Party.
• March 23: The Greek Orthodox Church adopts the Gregorian Calendar. March 9 is followed by March 23

April

• April 13: After a marathon meeting, refugees from Constantinople create a new football club - AEK.
• April 13: In a referendum, 70% of the Greek people vote to abolish the monarchy.
• April 14: Greece is proclaimed a Republic -- Pavlos Kountouriotis is named President, the first ever for Greece.

May

• May 15: Under the initiative of Panathinaikos’ general manager, Giorgos Kalafatis, the name of the club is changed from POA to PAO.

December

• December 17: Constantine VI is elected Patriarch of Constantinople.
• December 19: The 8-hour workday / 48-hour workweek is established in Greece.
• December 29: The Municipal Police Force is established in Athens.

Births

January

• January 3: Evgenios Spatharis, master of the shadow theatre (Karagiozis).
• January 21: Telly Savalas, Greek-American actor

April

• April 16: Kaity Grey, singer

July

• July 12: Phaedon Mattheou, basketball player and coach.

September

• September 20: Jeno Csaknady, football coach (AEK, PAOK)

October

• October 12: Mimis Plessas, music composer

Unknown

• Leonidas Kyrkos, politician
• Christakis, laika singer

Deaths

March

• March 9: Panagiotis Danglis, general and politician.