Phantis:Selected anniversaries/August 29

Events

1949: The Battle of Grammos-Vitsi ended in a decisive victory for the national forces who were in firm control of all of Greece.
1960: A woman was executed for the first time in Greece for a crime: it was a mother-in-law who had strangled her pregnant daughter-in-law
2004: The closing ceremonies were held for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens.
Births: Sotiria Bellou (1921), singer; Stelios Kazantzidis (1931), popular singer; Lakis Petropoulos (1932), football player and coach; Dimitris Papamichail (1934), actor
Deaths: Basil I (886), Byzantine emperor;Attik (1944), songwriter; Alekos Sakellarios (1991), writer and producer of theatrical plays.