Phantis:Selected anniversaries/April 5
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- 1897: The Greek government declared war on Turkey and the Greco-Turkish War (1897) began.
- 1912: Many Asia Minor Greeks were prevented from voting in the Turkish elections as Young Turks vandalised many polling places, burning ballots or electoral registers.
- 1944: 270 Greeks were executed in the village of Kleisoura (Kastoria), by the German occupation forces, in retaliation for the killing of two German soldiers in the area.
- 1962: Former Communist Party of Greece Secretary General, Nikolaos Zachariadis, requested to return to Greece to stand trial. His request was denied.
- 1970: Athens daily "Ethnos" ceased all operations.
