Phantis:Selected anniversaries/December 8
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- 1940: The Greek army, on the offensive against the Italians, liberated Argyrokastro. The Times of New York wrote that Greeks forced the powers of Axis to be defeated for the first time since the beginning of the WWII.
- 1966: The ferry "Heraklion" sank off the Aegean island of Falkonera killing 217 passengers.
- 1969: An Olympic Airways Douglas DC-6 crashed near Keratea, Athens, Greece. All 90 passengers and crew (85 passengers and 5 crew members) perished.
- 1974: In a democratic referendum held, 69.2% of Greek people confirmed the monarchy's abolition.
- Births: Grigoris Xenopoulos, author (1867), Thymios Karakatsanis, actor (1940)
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