April 10

Events

• 1821: Patriarch Gregory V is hanged on the Central outside porte of the Patriarchate by the Turks.
• 1821: The island of Psara joins the Greek War of Independence.
• 1896: Spiros Loues wins the marathon in the 1896 Athens Olympics.
• 1924: The first Greek train robbery is recorded near Larisa.
• 1941: The hospital ship "Attica" is sunk off Cape Kafireas by Axis aircraft. Aboard the ship, captained by Dimitrios Meletopoulos, were several wounded soldiers.

Sports

• 1932: Nikos Angelakis becomes the first - and so far, only - player to score six goals in a Greek League game as Aris defeat Apollon Athens 6-1.

Deaths

• 1998: Archbishop Seraphim of Athens and all Greece.
• 2005: Former Archbishop Iakovos Koukouzis of North and South America.