Phantis:Selected anniversaries/August 9
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- 1823: The Battle of Kefalovriso took place during the Greek War of Independence. Markos Botsaris was killed.
- 1913: The Battle of Kresna Gorge was concluded as Bulgaria surrendered during the Second Balkan War.
- 1956: Iakovos Patatsos, Charilaos Michail and Andreas Zakos were hanged by the British in the Central Jail of Lefkosia
- 1980: 13 people died in the heatwave that plagued Greece.
- Births: Otto Rehhagel (1938), National Football Team coach
- Deaths: Byzantine Empress Irene the "Athenian" (803), Markos Botsaris, revolutionary (1823)