Phantis:Selected anniversaries/October 31
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- 1931: PM Eleftherios Venizelos recalled Consul General Alexis Kyrou from Cyprus. The Greek consul had shown open support to the Cypriots protesting against British rule.
- 1932: Eleftherios Venizelos' governing political party lost the elections.
- 1940: Greek warships "Psara" and "Spetses" bombarded Italian positions in Albania.
- 1948: The last entry in Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof's log reads: «Συνήθης εν όρμω υπηρεσία. Κινήσεις συμφώνως τω πίνακι. Εκτακτον ουδέν»
- 1972: Dowry offered for officer weddings was no longer endorsed
- Births: Napoleon Lapathiotis, poet (1888), Yiannis Kalamitsis, theatrical playwriter, reporter and radio producer (1939), Grigoris Georgatos, footballer (1973)
- Deaths: John VIII Palaeologus, next-to-last Byzantine emperor (1448), Nikos Engonopoulos, painter and poet (1985), Michail Stasinopoulos, politician, President of Greece (2002), Thanasis Giannousis, politician, Thessaloniki mayor (2005), Dionysis Livanos, politician, Minister of Tourism and EU Parliamentarian
(2005)
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