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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
===January=== | ===January=== | ||
| − | *[[January 4]]: [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] returns to Greece | + | *[[January 4]]: [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] returns to Greece after 38 months of exile. |
*[[January 24]]: [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] forms a government. | *[[January 24]]: [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] forms a government. | ||
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===February=== | ===February=== | ||
*[[February 19]]: [[Georgios Kafantaris]] forms a government. | *[[February 19]]: [[Georgios Kafantaris]] forms a government. | ||
Revision as of 15:21, May 23, 2007
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 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
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.