Difference between revisions of "Phantis:Selected anniversaries/December 22"

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1940: The Greek 3rd Division liberated Chimara during World War II.
1953: Prime Minister Alexandros Papagos brought up the Cyprus matter, for the first time, in a conversation with Anthony Eden. He was rebuffed by the British PM with the words "There is no Cyprus matter".
1966: The "apostate" government of Stephanos Stephanopoulos fell as the National Radical Union party withdraw their support.
1978: By law, the "sea flag" (nine stripes with a white cross on the upper-left quadrant) was established as the one and only flag of the Greek nation.

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 '''[[December 22]]'''
-*[[1940]]: The [[Submarine RHS Papanikolis|Submarine Papanikolis]], under the command of Lt.Cdr. [[Miltiades Iatridis|Iatridis]], sank the Italian sailing vessel Antonietta by ramming in the Adriatic.
 *[[1940]]: The Greek 3rd Division liberated [[Chimara]] during [[World War II]].
-*[[1946]]: Exiled Metropolitan Makarios of [[Kyrenia]] - the future Archbishop [[Makarios II]] of [[Cyprus]] - returned to [[Cyprus]] to a tumulteous welcome.
 *[[1953]]: Prime Minister [[Alexandros Papagos]] brought up the [[Cyprus]] matter, for the first time, in a conversation with Anthony Eden. He was rebuffed by the British PM with the words "There is no Cyprus matter".
 *[[1966]]: The "apostate" government of [[Stephanos Stephanopoulos]] fell as the [[National Radical Union]] party withdraw their support.