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==Events==
 
==Events==
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*[[1921]]: The [[First Battle of Inonu]] commences.
 
*[[1938]]: [[King Paul|Crown Prince Paul]] of [[Greece]] marries [[Queen Frederika|Princess Frederika]] in [[Athens]].
 
*[[1938]]: [[King Paul|Crown Prince Paul]] of [[Greece]] marries [[Queen Frederika|Princess Frederika]] in [[Athens]].
 
*[[1948]]: The [[Hellenic Parliament]] passes Law 518 annexing the [[Dodecanese]] islands.
 
*[[1948]]: The [[Hellenic Parliament]] passes Law 518 annexing the [[Dodecanese]] islands.
*[[1956]]: [[EOKA]] fighter, [[Kyriakos Matsis]], is arrested, along with his brother Yiannakis, by the British.
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*[[1956]]: [[EOKA]] fighter, [[Kyriakos Matsis]], is arrested, along with his brother [[Yiannakis Matsis|Yiannakis]], by the British.
 
*[[1965]]: The Greek government officially announces that 4,000 Greeks were forced to leave Istanbul during [[1964]] - the year of the [[Cyprus]] crisis.
 
*[[1965]]: The Greek government officially announces that 4,000 Greeks were forced to leave Istanbul during [[1964]] - the year of the [[Cyprus]] crisis.
*[[1979]]: Greek television begins broadcasting in color using the French system SECAM. It will later be replaced by the German PAL
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*[[1979]]: Greek television begins broadcasting in color using the French system SECAM. It will later be replaced by the German PAL.
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*[[2015]]: [[Cyprus Airways]] ceases operations after the EU rules they cannot receive any further state aid.
  
 
==Births==
 
==Births==
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*[[1928]]: [[Kostas Karapatis]], football player and coach.
 
*[[1944]]: [[Michalis Violaris]], popular singer
 
*[[1944]]: [[Michalis Violaris]], popular singer
 
  
 
==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
 
*[[1876]]: [[Samuel Gridley Howe]], [[Philhellenism|philhellene]]
 
*[[1876]]: [[Samuel Gridley Howe]], [[Philhellenism|philhellene]]
 
*[[1984]]: [[Dimitrios Bitsios]], diplomat, Foreign Minister
 
*[[1984]]: [[Dimitrios Bitsios]], diplomat, Foreign Minister
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*[[2015]]: [[Roy Tarpley]], [[basketball]] player.
  
 
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