Difference between revisions of "Phantis:Selected anniversaries/November 27"

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1919: The Treaty of Neuilly was signed; Greece acquired Thrace from Bulgaria.
1921: Meletios Metaxakis, Archbishop of North and South America, was elected Ecumenical Patriarch. Meletios was labeled a Venizelist.
1940: The Battle of Pogradec commenced.
1999: Kakhi Kakhiasvili won 3 gold metals at 94 kg the World Weightlifting Championship games held in Athens.
2004: The relics of Saint Gregory Nazianzenus were returned to Constantinople by the Roman Catholic Church.

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 '''[[November 27]]'''
-*[[1914]]: Damaging earthquakes stroke [[Lefkada]].
 *[[1919]]: The [[Treaty of Neuilly]] was signed; Greece acquired [[Thrace]] from Bulgaria.
 *[[1921]]: [[Meletios Metaxakis]], Archbishop of North and South America, was elected Ecumenical Patriarch. Meletios was labeled a [[Venizelism|Venizelist]].
-*[[1925]]: [[Theodoros Pangalos]] tried to assert his authority by holding a publicly held hanging execution; Drakakos and Zafeiropoulos were executed for embezzling public monies.
+*[[1940]]: The [[Battle of Pogradec]] commenced.
-*[[1940]]: [[Maria Callas]] made her first professional performance in the National Opera House, playing Beatrice in "Boccaccio".
 *[[1999]]: [[Kakhi Kakhiasvili]] won 3 gold metals at 94 kg the World Weightlifting Championship games held in [[Athens]].
 *[[2004]]: The relics of Saint [[Gregory Nazianzenus]] were returned to [[Constantinople]] by the Roman Catholic Church.
 <span style="font-size:11px; padding-top:3px;">Recent days: [[November 26]] - [[November 25]]</span>
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