Phantis:Selected anniversaries/January 2
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- 1910: By law, Sunday was officially designated as a day off for workers in Greece.
- 1913: The Turkish garrison at Chios surrendered to the Greek forces.
- 1930: Greek Minister of Education, Georgios Papandreou, established Modern Greek as a compulsory subject in Greek schools.
- 1958: Greek-American diva Maria Callas left the set after the first act of "Norma", causing a stir in the audience which included the President of Italy.
- Births: Jim Londos, Greek-American Professional Wrestler (1897)
- Deaths: Evangelos Averoff, politician (1990).
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