2001 Anthony Quinn, actor, Zorba the Greek, dies at 86
2001 Iannis Xenakis, Greek Composer
1996 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at 76
1996 Stavros Spyros Niarchos, Greek shipowner, dies at 86
1994 David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy, dies at 56
1994 Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (Never on Sunday), dies at 68
1994 George Gennimatas, Greek minister of National Economy, dies at 55
1994 Melina Mercouri, Greek actress (Never on a Sunday), dies at about 68
1994 Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48
1993 Greek government of Papandreou forms
1992 Jenny Karezi, Greek actress (Red Lanterns), dies of cancer at 56
1991 Irene the Icon of Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen
1991 Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80
1990 Yannis Ritsos, Greek poet, dies at 81
1989 Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome
1988 Turkish premier zal meets Greek premier Papandreou in Athens
1988 A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles
1988 Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks
1988 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes
1981 Andreas Papandreous' PASOK wins Greek elections
1975 Aristotle S Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies at 69
1975 Aristotle Onassis, Greek Businessman
1974 Greek monarchy rejected by referendum
1974 Greek military dictatorship collapses
1974 Georgios Grivas, Greek gen/oppos leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75
1973 Bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos
1973 Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests
1973 Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed
1973 Greek plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy
1973 Greek President Papadopoulos asks for "parliamentary presidential republic"
1972 Athenagoras I, Greek Clergyman
1972 Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves Communist Party
1971 Yorgos Seferis, [Seferiadis], Greek diplomat/poet (I sterna), dies
1970 Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis freed
1970 Constantine Karamanlis, Greek Leader
1969 Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, 93 killed
1969 Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund
1968 Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80
1967 Unsuccessful coup against Greek King Constantine II
1967 Greek Colonels regime frees ex-premier Georgios Papandreou
1967 Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship
1965 Stefan Stefanopoulos forms Greek government
1964 Greek king Constantine II marries Danish princess Anne-Marie
1964 Greek and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus
1963 Greek and Turks riot in Cyprus
1963 Fire on Greek ship Laconia, 128 die
1963 Greek government of Pipinolis forms
1963 Greek government of Karamanlis resigns
1963 Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered
1963 Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured
1962 88th Preakness: John Rotz aboard Greek Money wins in 1:56.2
1962 Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at 78
1960 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek/US conductor/composer, dies at 64
1958 Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission
1957 Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek Writer
1955 Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal, dies
1955 Dimitra Papandreau, born in Greece, wife of Greek PM Andreas Papandreau
1952 Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election
1952 Greek general Papagos wins elections
1952 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74
1948 Greek government disbands due to state of war, press censorship
1948 Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered
1948 Greek Gen Markos' guerrilla army bombs Saloniki
1947 Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard
1946 Greek king George II back in Athens
1945 Greek General Plastiras forms government
1944 British troops land on Greek continent
1944 Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government
1943 Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps
1943 Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71
1943 Kostis Palamis, Greek poet/scholar (Flogera tou Basilia), dies at 84
1942 Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris
1941 Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt
1941 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69
1937 Taki Theodoracopoulos, Greek/British journalist/multi-millionaire
1936 Demertzis, Greek premier, dies
1935 Coup under Gen Giorgios Kondylis in favor of Greek monarchy
1934 Alan Bates, born in Allestree, England, actor, Zorba the Greek, Unmarried Woman
1932 Greek government of Venizelos falls
1928 David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy
1926 Irene Papas, actress, Zorba the Greek, Attila The Hun
1926 Greek dictator Gen Pangulos driven out
1926 Uprising against Greek president/dictator Pangalos
1926 Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president
1926 Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator
1926 Greek gen Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator
1925 Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer and conductor, Never on Sunday
1925 Greek premier Papanastasiou orders gen Pangulos arrested
1925 General Pangulos disbands Greek parliament
1925 Greek republican constitution enforced
1924 Greek government of Dikalekopoulis, forms
1924 Greek plebiscite for a republic
1924 Greek parliament selects Admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier
1924 Renos Apostolidis, Greek author and poet, Katigoro
1924 Greek parliament proclaims republic
1923 Greek king George II overthrown by army/republic
1922 Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life
1922 Turkish troops conquer Smyrna/murder Greek citizens
1922 Michael Cacoyannis, director, Zorba the Greek, Trojan Women
1920 Greek Independence Day
1919 Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, gambler/sportscaster, lay you 5 to 1
1919 Andrea George Papandreou, Greek premier, 1981-89, 93-
1917 Hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser
1916 Raf Vallone, Tropea Italy, actor, El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon
1915 Sophokles Skouloudis forms Greek government
1915 Anthony Quinn, born in Mexico, actor, Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia
1915 Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos
1913 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops
1912 Enoch Powell, England, MP, C, /racist/Greek professor
1911 Darrell A. Amyx, U.S. archaeologist, Greek Ceramics
1910 Jean Moreas, [Y Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet, dies at 53
1909 Yannis Ritsos, Greek poet
1906 Alpha Phi Alpha, 1st Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms
1904 Thanasis Petsalis, Greek author, I Mavrolyki
1898 Cecil Bowra, British classics expert, Greek experience
1898 Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus
1892 Petro Petridis, Greek composer, Isotope Suite
1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter"
1888 Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier
1886 Athenagoras I, Greek Clergyman
1883 Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer
1883 Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal/supreme commander
1883 Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier, 1945, 50, 51-52
1883 Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek Writer
1878 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator, 1926
1872 Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister
1871 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator, 1936-41
1864 Greek parliament accept new Constitution
1859 Kostis Palamas, Greek poet/scholar, Flogera tou Basilia
1856 Jean Moreas, [Yannis Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet
1840 John Addington Symonds, British historian and writer, Probs in Greek Ethics
1831 Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, murdered at 55
1828 Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35
1827 Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independ
1805 Hiram Powers, U.S. sculptor, Greek Slave
1792 Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter
1776 Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, 1827-31
1716 Jean-Jacques Barthelemy, French historical writer, Greek Antiquity
1669 Leo Allatios, Greek/Italian theologist/literary, dies at about 82
1514 Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin finished
885 Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies
869 Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies
715 Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies
707 John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies
705 Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI
662 Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies
649 Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies
418 Zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies
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