Phantis:Selected anniversaries/January 15
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- 1823: Georgios Karaiskakis defeated the Turks at the Battle of Agios Vlassis.
- 1939: A committee was established to organise the transfer of the remains of Andreas Kalvos from England to Greece
- 1950: The Church of Cyprus organised a referendum as to the future status of the island colony. 97% of all participants voted for Enosis with Greece.
- 2006: A new political party, ASPIDA, was officially formed in Greece with the sole purpose of representing the Roma or Gypsy community.
- Births: Aristotle Onassis, shipping tycoon (1906), Nikos Sarganis, footballer (1954), Christos Kostis, footballer (1972)
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