February 27

Events

• 1897: The decision to establish SEGAS is published by the government.
• 1921: Crown Prince George of Greece weds Princess Elisabeth of Romania.
• 1941: British troops occupy Kastellorizo.
• 1959: PM Constantine Karamanlis takes part in the ground-breaking ceremony for the Hilton Hotel in Athens.
• 1990: Despite opposition from the Church, divorce laws are reformed and the civil wedding ceremony is introduced in Cyprus.
• 1991: Aleka Papariga is elected Secretary General of the Communist Party of Greece.
• 1994: Greek-Australians demonstrate against FYROM's use of the name "Macedonia".
• 2013: Former Thessaloniki mayor, Vasilis Papageorgopoulos, is sentenced to life imprisonment for embezzlement of public money.

Births

• 272: Constantine the Great, considered the founder of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1862: Anastasios Metaxas, restorer of Panathenaic Stadium.
• 1938: Evagoras Pallikaridis, EOKA fighter.

Deaths

• 956: Patriarch Theophylactus of Constantinople
• 1943: Kostis Palamas, poet
• 1952: Theodoros Pangalos, general, dictator