December 2
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Events
- 1823: The United States recognize de facto the Greek Revolutionary Council
- 1979: Nikos Galis debuts in Greek Basketball with Aris BC and scores 30 points against Iraklis BC
- 1997: A bomb explodes at the Patrιarchate of Constantinople, seriously injuring Orthodox deacon, Nectarius Nikolou, and damaging several buildings.
Births
- 1922:: Iakovos Kabanellis, playwright
- 1923: Maria Callas, Greek-American diva
- 1944: Dionysis Savvopoulos, music composer, lyricist and singer
Deaths
- 1980: Roza Eskenazi, rebetiko singer
- 2002: Alan Ashman, former coach of Olympiakos.
- 2007: Les Shannon, football coach