Phantis:Selected anniversaries/November 7
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- 1911: The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople closed all its churches in protest over the persecution of local Christians.
- 1943: German Nazi forces destroyed the larger part of Karpenisi by setting it on fire.
- 1952: Alexandros Papagos received a rapturous welcome as Greeks started turning to his Greek Rally party for the upcoming elections.
- Births: Alekos Sakellarios, director, writer, reporter (1913), Mark Philippoussis, Greek Australian tennis player (1976)
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