February 14

Today is St Valentine's Day.

Events

• 1898: An unsuccessful assassination attempt is made against King George I of Greece.
• 1930: A strong earthquake (6.7 on the Richter scale) strikes Crete.
• 1957: The trial of EOKA fighter, Evagoras Pallikaridis, commences.
• 1992: Tens of thousands protest in Thessaloniki against the use of the name "Macedonia" by FYROM.
• 1993: Glafkos Clerides is elected President of Cyprus defeating incumbent Georgios Vasiliou.
• 2006: After a broad government reshuffle, under PM Costas Karamanlis, Dora Bakoyanni is appointed Greek Foreign Minister, the first ever woman to hold the job.

Sports

• 2005: Minos Kyriakou is elected, almost unanimously, president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, succeeding Lambis Nikolaou
• 2007: Vasilis Tsiartas retires from football

Births

• 1884: Kostas Varnalis, writer.
• 1941: Paul Tsongas, Greek-American politician
• 1951: Christos Folias, politician
• 1966: Valerios Leonidis, weightlifter
• 1982: Irene Kokkinariou, athlete (3000m steeplechase)

Deaths

• 1987: Karolos Koun, director
• 2001: Ploutis Servas, Cypriot politician