Phantis:Selected anniversaries/June 5
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- 1825: Odysseus Androutsos was executed by commander Yiannis Gouras. The former War of Independence hero was suspected of collaborating with the enemy.
- 1894: A boat race was organised at Pasalimani, Piraeus, to benefit the local retirement home. Prince George of Greece volunteered to be the judge.
- 1907: Tellos Agras - also known as "Kapetan Agras" - was killed during the Macedonian Struggle.
- 1972: Greece established full diplomatic relations with P.R. China.
- Births: Georgios Grivas, military figure and commander of EOKA (1897).
- Deaths: Konstantinos Gerakis, adventurer who became first counselor to the King of Siam (1688), Odysseus Androutsos, Greek revolutionary (1825).