Phantis:Selected anniversaries/January 24
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- 1913: In first ever naval aviation combat mission, First Lieutenant Mihail Moutousis and Ensign Aristides Moraitinis bombarded the Turkish Navy in the Bay of Nagara.
- 1963: Crown Prince Constantine of Greece and Princess Anna Maria of Denmark got engaged.
- 1994: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November assassinated Michalis Vranopoulos, former governor of the National Bank.
- 2001: Greek President Kostis Stephanopoulos visited the Vatican and met Pope John Paul II.
- Births: Argyris Kambouris, basketball player (1962)
- Deaths: Elias Iliou, Greek politician, leader of the United Democratic Left (1985); Demis Roussos, singer (2015)
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