History ⋆ Cosmos Philly

Saturday, July 5th, 2025

Nameday of Lampados

Close-up of lavender fields in northern Greece at sunrise, with glowing purple blooms and blurred olive trees in the distance.

Purple Gold: How Greece Gave Lavender to the World

Jimmy Koufos, known as the Flying Greek, launches a 5.5-ton school bus into the air at 75 mph.

The Flying Greek: Jimmy Koufos and His Wild Ride into Daredevil History

Jim Londos

The Golden Greek: Jim Londos and the Enduring Legacy of a Wrestling Titan

February 10, 2025

Romeyka/Pontiaka: A Greek Dialect on the Brink of Extinction in Turkey

Athens, Greece, 1890

Athens: From Ancient Village to Modern Metropolis – A Historical Transformation

September 20, 2023

The Philadelphia Smyrna Symposium

November 22, 2022

Odessa, 1850

Silent Empire Builders – Greeks and Serbs in the Russian and Austrian Empires

Remembering the Greek Genocide

The Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji and the Greek Revolution

1st Lt Michail Moutoussis, 1912

This Date In History: A Greek, a Bomb, an Airplane, and a Turkish Ship

February 5, 2021

The Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople, by Eugène Delacroix

This Date in History: An 800 Year Apology

A Grand Old Lady

USS Slater

Oxi Day and the USS Slater that Served the Greek Navy

October 28, 2019

Yanni and his band at the FIlene Center of the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, in Vienna, Virginia, US, 2012

This Date in History: A Greek Star-Spangled Banner

October 23, 2019

James Galanos

This Date in History: Greek Fashion Designer James Galanos is born in Philly

September 20, 2019

Greek-American billionaires

This Date In History: The Greek Billionaire’s Club of 2013

September 16, 2019

The Banana Splits

This Date In History: A Banana Split – Greek Style

September 7, 2019

Brig Ares

The Merchant Marine: An Integral Part of the Greek Identity

Michael S. Dukakis

This Date In History: A Greek for President

Hellas Liberty

The Blessed Liberty Ships: The Yeast that Caused the Greek Fleet to Rise

Chris Economaki

This Date In History: The Greek That Brought Auto Racing Into Our Homes

The Greeks and the Making of Modern Egypt

The Greeks and The Making of Modern Egypt

Remembering Chrysostomos: A Modern Day Martyr

This Date In History: The American City of a Greek General

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