Phantis:Selected anniversaries/April 9
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- 1911: Kostis Palamas was suspended for a month by the University of Athens for his defence of the Demotic version of the Greek language.
- 1941: During World War II, Thessaloniki fell to the German army.
- 1991: A fire set on a Greek bus in Istanbul caused the death of 36 tourists. The culprit had Grey Wolves connections.
- Births: Pavlos Kountouriotis, Admiral, President of the Hellenic Republic (1855).