1924
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Events
March
- The Greek Orthodox Church adopts the Gregorian Calendar. March 9 is followed by March 23
April
- April 13: After a marathon meeting, refugees from Constantinople create a new football club - AEK.
- April 14: Greece was proclaimed a Republic following the ousting of King George II -- Pavlos Kountouriotis was named President, the first ever for Greece.
May
- May 15: Under the initiative of Panathinaikos’ general manager, Giorgos Kalafatis, the name of the club is changed from POA to PAO.
December
- December 19: The 8-hour workday is established in Greece.
- December 29: The Municipal Police Force is established in Athens.
Births
January
- January 3: Evgenios Spatharis, master of the shadow theatre (Karagiozis).
October
- October 12: Mimis Plessas, music composer
Unknown
- Kaity Grey, singer
- Leonidas Kyrkos, politician
- Christakis, laika singer
- Telly Savalas, Greek-American actor
- Jeno Csaknady, football coach (AEK, PAOK)
Deaths
March
- March 9: Panagiotis Danglis, general and politician.