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==Events==
 
==Events==
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*[[322 BC]]: [[Demosthenes]] commits suicide before he could be handed over to the [[Macedon]]ians.
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*[[1863]]: [[King George I|Prince George of Denmark]] arrives in [[Piraeus]]. He will reign on the throne of Greece for the next 50 years.
 
*[[1931]]: Metropolitan of [[Kition]], [[Nikodimos Milonas]], calls for protests throughout [[Cyprus]] against British policies on the island.
 
*[[1931]]: Metropolitan of [[Kition]], [[Nikodimos Milonas]], calls for protests throughout [[Cyprus]] against British policies on the island.
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*[[1949]]: "Radio Free Greece" announces the cessation of all hostilities on the part of the communist [[Democratic Army of Greece]]. The [[Greek Civil War]] is officially over.
  
 
==Births==
 
==Births==
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*[[1860]]: [[Dionysios Lavrangas]], composer
 
*[[1955]]: [[Georgios Alogoskoufis]], economist, politician
 
*[[1955]]: [[Georgios Alogoskoufis]], economist, politician
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==Deaths==
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*[[1992]]: [[Orestes Laskos]], poet and theatrical writer.
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*[[1999]]: [[Mema Stathopoulou]], actress
  
 
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Revision as of 09:53, October 3, 2006

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