Difference between revisions of "Phantis:Selected anniversaries/December 29"

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1924: The Municipal Police Force was established in Athens.
1953: Greece replaced the oka with the kilogram as the standard measure of weight.
1966: Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Kotzamanis were found guilty of "grievous bodily injuries" in the Grigorios Lambrakis trial in Thessaloniki. All the other accused were unanimously acquitted.
1998: The governments of Greece and Cyprus decided to proceed with the installation of Russian made antiballistic missiles S-300 in Crete, ignoring Turkey's strong objections and reactions.
Births: Elias Sapanis, footballer (1973)
Deaths: Photius II, Patriarch of Constantinople (1935)

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 '''[[December 29]]'''
-*[[1823]]: [[Lord Byron]] arrived in [[Messolonghi]].
 *[[1924]]: The Municipal Police Force was established in [[Athens]].
-*[[1940]]: As the situation on the Albanian Front got worse for the Italian forces, Mussolini replaced General Ubaldo Soddu with General Ugo Cavallero.
+*[[1953]]: [[Greece]] replaced the [[oka]] with the kilogram as the standard measure of weight.
-*[[1953]]: [[Greece]] replaced the oka with the kilogram as the standard measure of weight.
+*[[1966]]: Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Kotzamanis were found guilty of "grievous bodily injuries" in the [[Grigorios Lambrakis]] trial in [[Thessaloniki]]. All the other accused were unanimously acquitted.
-*[[1966]]: Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Kotzamanis were found guilty of "grievous bodily injuries" in the [[Grigorios Lambrakis]] trial in [[Thessaloniki]]. All the other accused are unanimously acquitted.
 *[[1998]]: The governments of [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]] decided to proceed with the installation of Russian made antiballistic missiles S-300 in [[Crete]], ignoring Turkey's strong objections and reactions.
 *Births: [[Elias Sapanis]], footballer ([[1973]])