Phantis:Selected anniversaries/June 23
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- 1821: The Turks execute Archbishop Gerasimos of Crete in retaliation for the breakout of the Greek War of Independence on the island.
- 1922: Alexandros Papanastasiou is sentenced to three years imprisonment for publishing his "Democratic Manifesto". His defence lawyer had been George Papandreou.
- Births: Spiros Zagoreos (1928), singer; Costas Simitis (1936), politician and Prime Minister
- Deaths: Andreas Papandreou (1996), politician