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*[[1923]]: [[King Constantine I]] exiled monarch of [[Greece]]. | *[[1923]]: [[King Constantine I]] exiled monarch of [[Greece]]. | ||
*[[1951]]: [[Grigorios Xenopoulos]], writer. | *[[1951]]: [[Grigorios Xenopoulos]], writer. | ||
| + | *[[1963]]: [[Giorgos Fotinos]], footballer | ||
[[Category:Days]] | [[Category:Days]] | ||
Revision as of 08:55, January 11, 2009
Events
- 1801: Ali Pasha orders the execution by drowning of Kyra-Frosini.
- 1915: Britain calls for Greece to enter World War I on the side of the Entente allies in exchange for territory in Asia Minor.
- 1930: Kostis Palamas becomes President of the Athens Academy.
- 1944: Allied airplanes bombard the harbour of Piraeus.
- 1979: Yiangos Pesmazoglou leaves the Centrist Democratic Union to form the Democratic Socialist Party (KODISO, Greek: ΚΟΔΗΣΟ)
- 1989: "Greece has transformed into an immense madhouse," states the President of the Hellenic Republic, Constantine Karamanlis, when talking about the political situation in Greece. (Η Ελλάδα μεταβλήθηκε σε ένα απέραντο φρενοκομείο)
Sports
- 1897: 28 athletic clubs are assembled in Panellinios. The next day the decision is made and SEAGS (later to become SEGAS) is founded
Births
- 347: Theodosius I, Byzantine emperor
- 1853: Georgios Iakovidis, painter
- 1910: Nikos Kavvadias, writer
Deaths
- 812: Byzantine Emperor Stauracius.
- 1055: Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor nicknamed "Monomachos".
- 1923: King Constantine I exiled monarch of Greece.
- 1951: Grigorios Xenopoulos, writer.
- 1963: Giorgos Fotinos, footballer