January 18
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Events
- 532: The Nika riots are put down by General Belisarius. 30,000 rioters are slain in Constantinople.
- 1913: The Naval Battle of Lemnos ends in Greek victory.
- 1957 - EOKA guerilla fighter, Markos Drakos, is ambushed and slain by the British at Solea, Cyprus.
- 1996 - Costas Simitis becomes leader of PASOK and Prime Minister of Greece
Vasilis Tsitsanis was born this day
Births
Deaths
- 474: Leo I, Byzantine emperor
- 1957 - Markos Drakos
- 1984 - Vassilis Tsitsanis
- 1997: Paul Tsongas, Greek-American politician.