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*[[1990]]: [[Evangelos Averoff]], politician. | *[[1990]]: [[Evangelos Averoff]], politician. | ||
| + | *[[2013]]: [[Vasilis Emmanouilidis]], [[football (soccer)|football]] player. | ||
| + | *[[2018]]: [[Eugene Gerards]], coach of [[OFI FC]] for 15 years. | ||
[[Category:Days]] | [[Category:Days]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:26, January 2, 2018
Events
- 1910: By law, Sunday is officially designated as a day off for workers in Greece.
- 1913: The Turkish garrison at Chios surrenders to the Greek forces.
- 1930: Greek Minister of Education, Georgios Papandreou, establishes Modern Greek as a compulsory subject in Greek schools.
- 1958: Greek-American diva Maria Callas leaves the set after the first act of "Norma", causing a stir in the audience which includes the President of Italy.
- 1969: A Greek, Giorgos Flamouridis, hijacks an Olympic Airways DC-6Β, forcing the pilot to take the aircraft to Cairo.
Sports
- 1929: Under its 1/1929 circular, SEGAS invites all Balkan federations to participate in the organization of the Balkan Track & Field Meeting. Romania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria will respond positively.
Births
- 1820: Theodoros Deligiannis, politician, statesman
- 1897: Jim Londos, Greek-American Professional Wrestler
- 1953: Makis Katsavakis, football player and coach.
- 1972: Christos Meletoglou, athlete (triple jump).
Deaths
- 1990: Evangelos Averoff, politician.
- 2013: Vasilis Emmanouilidis, football player.
- 2018: Eugene Gerards, coach of OFI FC for 15 years.