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Events

  • 1927: The Greek Parliament decides that former dictator, Theodoros Pangalos, should stand trial.
  • 1948: The body of American journalist, George Polk, who had been missing for days, is found by fisherman, Lambros Antonaros, floating in the Thermaic Gulf.
  • 1974: Work starts on the Athens Metro.

Births