Difference between revisions of "January 21"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(→Births) |
(→Births) |
||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
*[[1939]]: [[Phaedon Georgitsis]], actor. | *[[1939]]: [[Phaedon Georgitsis]], actor. | ||
*[[1943]]: [[Dimitris Poulikakos]], actor. | *[[1943]]: [[Dimitris Poulikakos]], actor. | ||
| + | ==Deaths== | ||
| + | *[[1943]]: Col. [[Konstantinos Davakis]], [[WWII]] hero | ||
[[Category:Days]] | [[Category:Days]] | ||
Revision as of 12:18, June 11, 2007
Events
- 1878: 24,000 Greek troops, under Gen. Skarlatos Soutsos, invade Thessaly to protect the locals who rebelled against Ottoman yoke.
- 1897: 1,500 Greek troops, under Timoleon Vassos, land in Crete to aid local rebels who sought union with Greece.
- 1944: Four units of the Hellenic Navy take part in the landing at Anzio.
- 1988: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November unsuccessfully attempt to assassinate US official George Karos.
Sports
- 1989: A luxury hotel opens inside the training camp of Panathinaikos at Paiania. It was the beginning of the construction of a modern training camp (one of the best in Europe) which was concluded in 1993.
Births
- 1924: Telly Savalas, Greek-American actor
- 1939: Phaedon Georgitsis, actor.
- 1943: Dimitris Poulikakos, actor.
Deaths
- 1943: Col. Konstantinos Davakis, WWII hero