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==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
*[[1975]]: [[Orestes Makris]], actor. | *[[1975]]: [[Orestes Makris]], actor. | ||
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==Feast days== | ==Feast days== | ||
Revision as of 15:01, January 30, 2007
Events
- 1889: Maria Vetsera, a 17-year old baroness of Greek descent, commits suicide with her lover: Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria-Hungary.
- 1925: Patriarch Constantine VI of Constantinople is deported by the Turkish government.
- 1929: Greek women acquire the right to vote.
- 1995: Greek archaeologist, Lena Souvlatzi, announces in Egypt that she has discovered the tomb of Alexander the Great.
Sports
- 1968: Junta-appointed Secretary General of Athletics, Lt. Col. Kostas Aslanidis, blasts corruption in football in a speech in Thessaloniki. He alleges that Panathinaikos fixed games, that footballers Tzekos Ballarinis and Kostas Vallianos threw games for money and that several referees and linesmen had been paid off.
Births
- 1971: Giorgos S. Georgiadis, footballer
Deaths
- 1975: Orestes Makris, actor.
- 1993: Christos Vakalopoulos, director
- 2007: Nikos Kourkoulos, actor
Feast days
- Today is Three Hierarchs Day, a feast day for Greek schools. It honours the memory of: