1978
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Events
June
- June 20: A powerful earthquake (6.5 on Richter scale) strikes Thessaloniki; 35 people are dead in collapse of building at Nicephorus Phocas Street.
December
- December 22: By law, the "sea flag" (nine stripes with a white cross on the upper-left quadrant) is established as the one and only flag of the Greek nation.
Births
November
- November 5: Michalis Hadjiyiannis, singer
Deaths
December
- December 19: Kostas Pretenteris, journalist/writer of theatrical works.