January 7

Events

• 1931: The mutilated corpse of builder Athanasopoulos is found. This, one of the most heinous crimes in Greek annals, was later discovered to be the work of Athanasopoulos' wife and his mother-in-law.

Births

• 1934: Tassos Papadopoulos, President of Cyprus.

Deaths

• 1944: Napoleon Lapathiotis, poet (suicide)
• 1970: Yiannis Christou, composer

Namesday

• Saint John the Baptist