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January 1

Recent days: December 31 - December 30


January 2

  • 1910: By law, Sunday was officially designated as a day off for workers in Greece.
  • 1913: The Turkish garrison at Chios surrendered to the Greek forces.
  • 1930: Greek Minister of Education, Georgios Papandreou, established Modern Greek as a compulsory subject in Greek schools.
  • 1958: Greek-American diva Maria Callas left the set after the first act of "Norma", causing a stir in the audience which included the President of Italy.
  • Births: Jim Londos, Greek-American Professional Wrestler (1897)
  • Deaths: Evangelos Averoff, politician (1990).

Recent days: January 1 - December 31


January 3

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January 4

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January 5

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January 6

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January 7

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January 8

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January 9

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January 10

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January 11

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January 12

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January 13

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January 14

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January 15

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January 16

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January 17

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January 18

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January 19

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January 20

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January 21

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January 22

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January 23

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January 24

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January 25

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January 26

  • 1699: Through the Treaty of Karlowitz, Morea passed from the Ottoman Empire to Venice.
  • 1944: 43 Greeks were executed outside Kozani by the occupation forces.
  • 1989: Two masked men robbed the Post Office of Chania, Crete of some 47,000,000 drachmas.
  • 1995: Greek Foreign Minister, Karolos Papoulias, canceled 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.

Recent days: January 25 - January 24


January 27

  • 1944:Athanassios Sembos made the first attempt to set up a journalists' union after the war ended. The second attempt took place on May 17, 1947. The union assumed legal existence after 1952.
  • 1990: An Athens Appellate Court acquitted Police Officer Athanasios Melistas in the 1985 shooting of 15-year old student Kaltezas.
  • 2005: During a thunderstorm, a lighting bolt hit a support cable of the Rio-Antirrio Bridge. The fire was placed under control immediately, but questions arose over the security of the bridge.
  • Births: Alexandros Kotzias, author (1925)
  • Deaths: Georgios Grivas-Digenis, commander of EOKA (1974), Philopemen Finos, Film producer ( 1977), Stratis Tsirkas, writer (1980)

Recent days: January 26 - January 25


January 28

Recent days: January 27 - January 26


January 29

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January 30

Recent days: January 29 - January 28


January 31

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