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*[[June 20]]: [[Babis Bakalis]], composer | *[[June 20]]: [[Babis Bakalis]], composer | ||
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===October=== | ===October=== | ||
*[[October 18]]: [[Melina Mercouri]], actress, activist and politician | *[[October 18]]: [[Melina Mercouri]], actress, activist and politician | ||
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*[[Loukas Barlos]], President of [[AEK FC|AEK]] | *[[Loukas Barlos]], President of [[AEK FC|AEK]] | ||
Revision as of 10:46, May 12, 2008
Events
June
- June 22: Beginning of the Greek offensive in Anatolia.
- June 24: The Greeks defeat Turkish forces at Alasehir during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
July
- July 1: The Greek Army enters Panormos.
- July 9: The Greeks take Bursa during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
- July 22: Italy renounces the Titoni-Venizelos accord and refuses to place the Dodecanese - other than Rhodes - under Greek control.
- July 25: The Greeks take Edirne during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
- July 30: Two former officers - Tserepis and Kyriakis - fire ten shots at Eleftherios Venizelos at the train station of Lyon, France. The Greek PM escapes death.
- July 31: Ion Dragoumis is shot dead by policemen in Athens. The nationalist politician was believed to have been involved in the Venizelos murder attempt.
August
- August 10: The Treaty of Sevres is signed creating the "Greece of two continents and five seas".
- August 28: The Greek National Football Team play their first international game against Sweden and lose 9-0. EPO does not recognize this as an official game as it was not established yet; football was under the auspices of SEGAS.
September
- September 30: King Alexander of Greece is bitten in the left leg by a monkey in the royal gardens. The bite will prove fatal.
October
- October 25: King Alexander of Greece succumbs to his wounds of September 30.
November
- November 14: Eleftherios Venizelos loses the general elections to Dimitrios Gounaris.
- November 22: Leonidas Paraskevopoulos is replaced by Anastasios Papoulas as Commander in Chief of Greek forces in Asia Minor.
December
- December 5: A referendum is held for the return of King Constantine I to Greece as a monarch.
- December 15: Britain and France announce that, after the return of King Constantine I, they are no longer responsible for the presence of the Greek army in Asia Minor.
Births
March
- March 17: Tonis Maroudas, singer
- March 21: Manolis Chiotis, musician
May
- May 13: Dr. Vasos Lyssaridis, Cypriot politician.
June
- June 20: Babis Bakalis, composer
September
- September 29: Anna Kalouta, actress
October
- October 18: Melina Mercouri, actress, activist and politician
Unknown
- Loukas Barlos, President of AEK
Deaths
July
- July 31: Ion Dragoumis, diplomat, politician, nationalist activist
October
November
Unknown
- Nikolaos Zorbas, military man, reformer