December 13

Events

• 1943: The Holocaust of Kalavryta takes place as German soldiers execute 1,101 villagers.
• 1959: Archbishop Makarios III is elected Cyprus' first President receiving 66.29% of the vote against 32.92% of Ioannis Clerides
• 1967: King Constantine II flees Greece as his attempted counter-coup against the Junta fails.

Births

• 1908: Karolos Koun, director

Deaths

• 1995: Mentis Bostantzoglou (known as Bost), cartoonist, satirist and playwright