January 22

Events

Avramopoulos meets Karamanlis

• 1923: A decision to establish an agrarian bank to aid the farmers is made by the Greek government.
• 1965: Aliki Vougiouklaki marries Dimitris Papamichail.
• 2004: The return of Dimitris Avramopoulos to New Democracy was officially announced, after his meeting with Kostas Karamanlis at the party's central offices.

Births

• 1788: Lord Byron, poet, philhellene
• 1942: Mimis Domazos, footballer

Deaths

• 1994: Telly Savalas, Greek-American actor.