December 9

Events

• 1898: Prince George of Greece arrives in Crete as the High Commissioner of Crete.
• 1929: Pavlos Kountouriotis resigns from the office of President of Greece for health reasons.
• 1963: Constantine Karamanlis resigns from the leadership of his party, National Radical Union (ERE), and leaves for an 11-year self-imposed exile to Paris, France.

Sports

• 1987: Panathinaikos defeat Honved 5-1, overturning a 2-5 deficit from the first leg and advancing in the UEFA Cup.

Births

• 1859: Georgios Drosinis, writer, poet
• 1883: Alexandros Papagos, Prime Minister and the only Field Marshall in Greek military history.
• 1929: John Cassavetes, Greek-American actor
• 1954: Henk ten Cate, football coach

Deaths

• 638: Sergius I, Patriarch of Constantinople.

Feast day

Greek Orthodox

• Saint Anne