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Events

  • 1878: 2,000 Cretan rebels attack fort Icedin at Chania.
  • 1900: The Maritime Hospital of Piraeus is founded.
  • 1911: A number of professors from the University of Athens petition Parliament to declare the Katharevousa version of the Greek language as the one and only official language of the Greek state.
  • 1945: The Varkiza Agreement is signed - it was an agreement that terminated institutionally the political and military fighting of December 1944 ("December events") and aimed at reconciliating the opposite blocs of the country.
  • 1946: The second general council of the Communist Party of Greece takes place which decides to boycott the upcoming elections in favour of armed struggle.
  • 1962: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin visits Athens and utters his famous quote: "In this country, half the people sell lottery tickets and the other half buy them!"
  • 1979: Weapons are stolen from an army base in Rethymno, Crete.

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