1939

Events

January

• January 15: A committee is established to organise the transfer of the remains of Andreas Kalvos from England to Greece

April

• April 15: Archaeological digs bring to light a palace in ancient Pylos, possibly that of Trojan War hero King Nestor.

June

• June 1: An earthquake rocks Kalavryta, Achaea prefecture.

July

• July 7: Ioannis Drosopoulos is approved as governor of the Bank of Greece

August

• August 22: The volcano at Santorini erupts.

September

• September 24: Radio BBC broadcasts in Greece for the first time.

October

• October 24: It is announced that the population of Greece, as of the end of 1938, is 7,107,472.

Births

January

• January 3: Nikos Alefantos, football player and coach
• January 13: Jacek Gmoch, football coach.
• January 16: Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Christodoulos.

February

• February 18: Andreas Papaemmanouil, footballer.

March

• March 2: Aristides Kamaras, footballer
• March 14: Stavros Xarchakos, composer

April

• April 8: Manolis Angelopoulos, singer.

May

• May 12: Miltiades Ewert, politician, Mayor of Athens

July

• July 2: Alexandros Panagoulis, anti-Junta activist and politician.
• July 21: John Negroponte, Greek-American career diplomat
• July 23: Nicholas Gage, Greek-American writer and journalist.

October

• October 31: Yiannis Kalamitsis, theatrical playwriter, reporter and radio producer

November

• November 4: Martha Karayianni, actress
• November 25: Eleni Karaindrou, music composer

December

• Date Unknown: Akis Tsochatzopoulos, politician

Deaths

April

• April 3: Spyros Mercouris, mayor of Athens and grandfather of Melina Mercouri.