Phantis:Selected anniversaries/February 26
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- 1911: Serious debates took place on the matter of the Greek language. University students protested against poet Kostis Palamas' strong pro-Demotic stand.
- 1913: The Greek Army came to control all Epirus - including Northern Epirus - during the First Balkan War.
- 1997: 37 New Democracy MPs petitioned the Greek Parliament to release former dictator George Papadopoulos from jail because of ill health.
- Births: Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gikas, painter (1906), Manolis Mitsias, singer (1946)
- Deaths: Alexandros Koumoundouros, Prime Minister (1883), Amalia Fleming nee Katsouri, wife of Dr. Alexander Fleming and PASOK MP (1986)
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