November 6

Events

• 1825: 15,000 Egyptian troops under Ibrahim Pasha land in Rumeli to aid in the siege of Messolonghi.
• 1901: Violence errupts in downtown Athens, on the occasion of a release of The Bible translated in dimotiki by Alexander Pallis. These disturbances went down in history as "Ta Evangelika"

• 1928: Greece acknowledges Albania's rule over Northern Epirus

• 1961: Torrential rains cause floodings in Athens and the suburbs. 40 dead and thousands of flood victims.
• 2006: Chrysostomos II is elected Archbishop of Cyprus

Sports

• 1960: Panathinaikos plays his first offical European competitive football game against the Czechoslovakian team of Spartak Hradec Kralove for the European Champions Cup and loses 1-0.
• 1974: Olympiakos humble Anderlecht 3-0 in the 2nd Leg of their European Champions' Cup matchup. Hungarian referee Palotay disallowed two other goals by Olympiakos who were thus eliminated.

Births

• 1958: Evanthia Reboutsika, musician, composer

Deaths

• 1835: Henri de Rigny, French admiral at the Battle of Navarino
• 1952: Yiannis Andrianopoulos, Olympiakos footballer and coach
• 2000: Yiannis Nembidis, football player