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*[[1979]]: Greek television began broadcasting in color using the French system SECAM. It was later replaced by the German PAL | *[[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]]) | *Births: [[Michalis Violaris]], popular singer ([[1944]]) | ||
| − | *Deaths: [[Samuel Gridley Howe]], [[Philhellenism|philhellene]] ([[1876]]), [[ | + | *Deaths: [[Samuel Gridley Howe]], [[Philhellenism|philhellene]] ([[1876]]), [[Dimitrios Bitsios]], diplomat, Foreign Minister ([[1984]]) |
<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 13:06, January 6, 2009
- 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: Samuel Gridley Howe, philhellene (1876), Dimitrios Bitsios, diplomat, Foreign Minister (1984)