Phantis:Selected anniversaries/January 24
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- 1913: The first ever combat mission involving naval aviation in the world! First Lieutenant Mihail Moutousis and Ensign Aristides Moraitinis bombarded the Turkish Navy in the Bay of Nagara, and reported the location of Turkish ships to the commander of the Hellenic Navy located in Moudros, Limnos. The mission took 2 hours 20 minutes, and the distance traveled totaled some 180 kilometers.
- 1963: Crown Prince Constantine of Greece and Princess Anna Maria of Denmark got engaged.
- 1994: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November assassinated Michalis Vranopoulos, former governor of the National Bank.
- 2001: Greek President Kostis Stephanopoulos visited the Vatican and met Pope John Paul II.
- Births: Argyris Kambouris, basketball player (1962)
- Deaths: Elias Iliou, Greek politician leader of the United Democratic Left (1985)
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