October 23
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Events
- 1942: Greek units take part in the Battle of El Alamein.
- 1949: OTE is established - the Greek Public Sector is the only stockholder.
- 1974: Former Junta strongmen George Papadopoulos, Stylianos Pattakos and Nikolaos Makarezos are exiled to the island of Kea.
- 1995: The Municipality of Athens announces the imposition of fines for littering.
Births
- 1901: I.M. Panagiotopoulos, writer and philosopher
- 1915: Vic Buckingham, one-time coach of Ethnikos Piraeus and Olympiakos.
- 1925: Manos Hadjidakis, music composer, born in Xanthi