March 18
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Events
- 1844: King Otto takes an oath of allegiance to the new constitution of Greece which is published in the Government's Annals.
- 1863: The Second National Assembly of Greece offers the throne to Prince Christian William Ferdinand Adolph George of Denmark.
- 1913: King George I is assassinated in Thessaloniki by Alexandros Schinas.Crown Prince Constantine ascends to the throne.
Sports
- 2006: Panathinaikos BC win their 9th Greek Cup by defeating Marousi BC 68-57.
Births
- 1939: Yiannis Markopoulos, composer
- 1968: Temuri Ketsbaia, football player and coach
Deaths
- 1913: King George I, King of the Hellenes
- 1936: Eleftherios Venizelos, politician
- 1996: Odysseus Elytis, Nobel prize winning poet, born in Heraklion, Crete