Phantis:Selected anniversaries/June 15
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- 1836: By Royal order, the Greek Royal Mint was established.
- 1878: British troops occupied the island of Cyprus.
- 1900: Stadiou, Ermoi Aeolou and Philellinon streets in Athens were gaslit.
- 1943: 19 Greeks were executed by German occupation troops in retaliation for the blowing up of an Italian ship in Piraeus harbour.
- 1995: Two earthquakes hit Aigio causing 25 deaths.
- Births: Peter Clentzos (1909), athlete ; Michalis Genitsaris (1917), rebetiko singer;Demis Roussos (1946), singer; Yiannis Pathiakakis (1953), football player
- Deaths: Andronicus III Paleaologus (1341), Byzantine Emperor; John VI Cantacuzenus (1383), Byzantine Emperor; Manos Hadjidakis (1994), composer
