Phantis:Selected anniversaries/August 15
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- 1461: The Empire of Trebizond fell to the Ottoman Turks.
- 1858: The cornerstone was laid on the old Hellenic Parliament building
- 1940: The Greek war ship "Elli" was torpedoed and sunk by an Italian submarine off the coast of Tinos.
- 1988: November 17th members tied up a number of police officers at Vyronas, Athens and left with cache of weapons and ammunition.
- Births: Stylianos Gonatas, general, Prime Minister (1876), Giorgos Mouzakis (1922), composer; Kostis Stephanopoulos (1926), politician and President of Greece
- Deaths: General Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos (1989)
