Phantis:Selected anniversaries/April 9
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- 1911: Kostis Palamas was suspended for a month by the University of Athens for his defence of the Demotic version of the Greek language.
- 1941: During World War II, Thessaloniki fell to the German army.
- 1941: Maj. Gen. Ioannis Zisis led his troops into Turkey rather than surrender to the Germans. Before the Turks could take his weapon, he faced Greece and shot himself in the head.
- 1953: Dr. Alexander Fleming and his Greek assistant Amalia Katsouri announced their plans to wed.
- 1991: A fire set on a Greek bus in Istanbul caused the death of 36 tourists. The culprit had Grey Wolves connections.