December 13
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Events
- 1943: The Holocaust of Kalavryta takes place as German soldiers execute 1,101 villagers.
- 1959: Archbishop Makarios III is elected first President of the Republic of Cyprus, receiving 66.29% of the vote against 32.92% of Ioannis Clerides
- 1948: National Forces drive out the Democratic Army of Greece from Karditsa.
- 1967: King Constantine II flees Greece as his attempted counter-coup against the Junta fails.
Births
- 1902: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, politician, Prime Minister
Deaths
- 1932: Georgios Iakovidis, painter
- 1995: Mentis Bostantzoglou (known as Bost), cartoonist, satirist and playwright