Phantis:Selected anniversaries/May 23
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- 1910: A hail storm in Domokos, Phthiotis prefecture, caused over 1,000,000 drachmas of damages (a considerable amount in those days).
- 1955: The Greek air squadron that participated in the Korean War returned to Greece.
- 1961: Ten men were put on trial in Thessaloniki charged with spying on behalf of Bulgaria.
- 1973: The Greek military vessel "Velos" sailed to Italy where its crew sought political asylum from the military Junta that ruled Greece.
- 1986: The Greek Central Intelligence Agency (KYP) was renamed National Intelligence Agency (EYP).
- 2006: Two F-16 fighter jets, one Greek and the other Turkish, collided in mid-air over international waters in the southern Aegean Sea. The Greek airman (Costas Eliakis) went missing despite a major rescue effort.
- Births: Antonis Samaras, politician (1951)
- Deaths: Panayiotis Toundas, Rebetiko composer (1942), Kostas Davourlis, football player (1992)