1933

Events

January

• January 6: An earthquake strikes Volos causing material damage.
• January 16: Eleftherios Venizelos forms his last government.

February

• February 16: Workers and Policemen clash in Thessaloniki. The number of dead and injured reaches 100.

March

• March 5: Panagis Tsaldaris and his anti-Venizelist allies win the national elections in Greece.
• March 6: Gen. Nikolaos Plastiras attempts an unsuccessful coup d'etat against the newly-elected Popular Party government. Gen. Alexandros Othonaios forms a government.
• March 10: Panagis Tsaldaris forms a government after the unsuccessful coup d'etat by Gen. Nikolaos Plastiras.

May

• May 11: Gen. Ioannis Metaxas and several members of the Popular Party government suggest that Eleftherios Venizelos be prosecuted as responsible for the unsuccessful coup d'etat of March 6.

June

• June 6: Eleftherios Venizelos becomes the target of an assassination attempt for the second time in his life. His car is riddled with bullets but the Cretan politician escapes unhurt.
• June 8: Eleftherios Venizelos is interviewed by the police concerning the assassination attempt against his life. He accuses the government and especially Interior Minister, Ioannis Rallis, as responsible.

August

• August 10: Striking lignite mine workers in Aliveri clash with the police. Six persons are wounded.

October

• October 5: Eleftherios Venizelos ends his 10-day good will visit to Turkey.

Births

February

• February 3: Paul Sarbanes, Greek-American politician.
• February 13: Michalis Karaolis, EOKA fighter

March

• March 5: Costas Linoxilakis, footballer

November

• November 3: Michael Dukakis, Greek-American politician.

Deaths

April

• April 29: Constantine Cavafy, writer

Unknown

• Michalis Economou, painter