Phantis:Selected anniversaries/November

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November 1

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November 2

Recent days: November 1 - October 31


November 3

Recent days: November 2 - November 1


November 4

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November 5

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November 6

Recent days: November 5 - November 4


November 7

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November 8

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November 9

Recent days: November 8 - November 7


November 10

  • 1862: Athenians took to the streets in support of the candidacy of Prince Alfred of England to take over the Greek throne. The British refused to allow Alfred to accept the honour.
  • 1913: The Ottoman government shut down the operations of seven Greek newspapers.
  • 2002: In the match between Ionikos FC and OFI, Sophia Grillaki became the first Greek woman assistant referee in the history of the Alpha Ethniki.
  • Births: Giorgos Tsakanikas (1934), athlete
  • Deaths: Adamantios Androutsopoulos (2000), politician

Recent days: November 9 - November 8


November 11

Recent days: November 10 - November 9


November 12

Recent days: November 11 - November 10


November 13

Recent days: November 12 - November 11


November 14

Recent days: November 13 - November 12


November 15

Recent days: November 14 - November 13


November 16

Recent days: November 15 - November 14


November 17

Recent days: November 16 - November 15


November 18

Recent days: November 17 - November 16


November 19

Recent days: November 18 - November 17


November 20

  • 1821: The First National Assembly of Independence began at Epidaurus (concluded January 15, 1822)
  • 1947: In a lavish wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, Princess Elizabeth married her distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten, a dashing former prince of Greece and Denmark who renounced his titles in order to marry the English princess.
  • 1952: The house of writer Alexandros Papadiamantis in Skiathos became a museum.
  • 1977: New Democracy won the general elections with 41.85% of the vote. PASOK received 25.3% and became the main opposition party.
  • 1990: Businessman Vardis Vardinoyiannis escaped a rocket attack on his car by the Revolutionary Organisation 17 November.
  • 1991: The European Parliament saluted the 2,500 anniversary of the birth of democracy in Greece.

Recent days: November 19 - November 18


November 21

Recent days: November 20 - November 19


November 22

Recent days: November 21 - November 20


November 23

Recent days: November 22 - November 21


November 24

  • 1901: The National Theater (Royal Theater at the time) was established on St. Constantine Street in Athens
  • 1908: An unknown disease destroyed oak trees in Crete. Inhabitants performed a litany and brought the Holy Belt (Αγία Ζώνη) from Mount Athos (Άγιον Όρος) for that purpose.
  • 1940: The Greek army liberated the town of Moschopolis (known in Albanian as Voskopoja and in Aromanian as Moscopole) of Northern Epirus (southern Albania) during the counter-offensive operations against the Italians in WWII
  • 1953: Spiros Markezinis, unofficially the Finance Minister of the Alexandros Papagos government, announced that he will proceed with "cutting off three zeroes from the currency bills." The value of the drachma against the dollar becomes 1 to 30 and not 1 to 30,000 as it had been.
  • 1996: Miss Hellas, Irene Skliva, was crowned Miss World.

Recent days: November 23 - November 22


November 25

Recent days: November 24 - November 23


November 26

Recent days: November 25 - November 24


November 27

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November 28

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November 29

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November 30

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