They came to life as today…
1889Vassilis Rotas, Greek writer, who translated all the works of William Shakespeare into Greek. (D. 30/5/1977)
1905
Kostas Perrikos, Greek Air Force officer and resistance fighter during the Occupation. (D. 4/2/1943)
1916Yiannis Moralis, Greek visual artist, one of the greatest Greek painters of the so-called generation of the ’30s, with many distinctions in Greece and abroad. (Wed. 20/12/2009)
They passed away today…
1616
William Shakespeare, English playwright. (Born 23/4/1564)
1827George Karaiskakis, hero of the Greek Revolution. Seconds before he succumbed to the fatal blow he received the day before in Faliro, he expressed his belief that he had been shot by a “friendly” hand. (Born 23/1/1780)
1998Konstantinos Karamanlis, one of the leading modern Greek politicians, who served as prime minister and president of the Hellenic Republic. (Born 8/3/1907)
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