January 26

From Phantis
Revision as of 10:54, April 5, 2007 by Irlandos (talk | contribs) (Events)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Events

  • 1699: Through the Treaty of Karlowitz, Morea passes from the Ottoman Empire to Venice.
  • 1944: 43 Greeks are executed outside Kozani by the occupation forces.
  • 1951: Greek forces suffer their first casualties in the Korean War: 3 dead, 2 wounded, 1 missing in action at Hill 406 north of Inchon.
  • 1989: Two masked men rob the Post Office of Chania, Crete of some 47,000,000 drachmas.
  • 1995: Greek Foreign Minister, Karolos Papoulias, cancels his visit to Auschwitz for the 50th anniversary of the camp's liberation, on account of the Polish government's raising of the flag of FYROM with the sunburst of Vergina at the camp.

Deaths