April 18

Events

• 1901: Advocates of Enosis (union with Greece) triumph in the Cretan elections.
• 1941: Days before Greece capitulates to the Germans, PM Alexandros Korizis commits suicide.
• 1956: Maria Desylla becomes the first woman elected mayor of a Greek city (Kerkyra).
• 1991: Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas dies as a result of a stroke he suffered during the George Koskotas trial.
• 1996: Fanatic Islamists murder 18 Greek tourists in Cairo, Egypt.

Sports

• 2001: AEK hand former basketball "emperor" Aris their worst defeat ever 110-56.

Births

• 1917: Queen Frederika of Greece.

Deaths

• 1941: Alexandros Korizis, Greek Prime Minister.