Phantis:Selected anniversaries/December 24
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- 820: Byzantine Emperor Leo V was assassinated in the Palace Chapel.
- 1944: Sir Winston Churchill arrived in Athens in an attempt to resolve the political crisis between EAM and the re-instated Greek government of Georgios Papandreou.
- 1947: The "Provisional Democratic Government" was set up, during the Greek Civil War, by the Communist Party of Greece with Markos Vafiadis as Prime Minister.
- 1989: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November raided Sykouri army base in Larisa, Greece and stole a quantity of anti-tank rockets and ammunition.
- Births: King George I of Greece (1845).
- Deaths: Byzantine Emperor Leo V (assassinated) (820)
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