Phantis:Selected anniversaries/January 19

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January 19

  • 1943: The "RHS Vasilissa Olga" sank the Italian ship Stromboli off the coast of Tunisia.
  • 1947: The "S.S. Chimara" sank in the Euboic Sea. Casualties numbered 400 dead, among them 200 policemen and 36 political prisoners.
  • 1949: Communist forces entered Karpenisi during the Greek Civil War. They held it for three days.

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