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*[[June 1]]: An earthquake rocks [[Kalavryta]], [[Achaea prefecture]]. | *[[June 1]]: An earthquake rocks [[Kalavryta]], [[Achaea prefecture]]. | ||
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| + | *[[September 24]]: Radio BBC broadcasts in Greece for the first time. | ||
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===October=== | ===October=== | ||
*[[October 24]]: It is announced that the population of [[Greece]], as of the end of [[1938]], is 7,107,472. | *[[October 24]]: It is announced that the population of [[Greece]], as of the end of [[1938]], is 7,107,472. | ||
Revision as of 19:07, March 17, 2007
Events
January
- January 15: A committee is established to organise the transfer of the remains of Andreas Kalvos from England to Greece
June
- June 1: An earthquake rocks Kalavryta, Achaea prefecture.
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.
February
- February 18: Andreas Papaemmanouil, footballer.
March
- 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
Deaths
April
- April 3: Spyros Mercouris, mayor of Athens and grandfather of Melina Mercouri.