Phantis:Selected anniversaries/February 7
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- 457: Leo I was crowned Byzantine emperor.
- 1922: The first issue of Athens daily "To Vima" was published.
- 1949: Nikolaos Zachariadis replaced Markos Vafiadis as head of the "Provisional Democratic Government".
- 1956: Student Petros Yiallouros, a member of ANE, was slain during a protest in Cyprus.
- 2008: Metropolitan Hieronymus of Thebes is elected Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.
- Births: Anestis Vlachos, actor (1934); Pemy Zouni, actress (1956)
- Deaths: Petros Yiallouros, ANE member(1956); Sophoklis Venizelos, politician and Prime Minister (1964).
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