Phantis:Selected anniversaries/December 15

1803: The Souliotes were forced to abandon Souli after being defeated by Ali Pasha. The latter would break his truce and trap some of them at Zaloggo.
1942: The British destroyer HMS Petard and Coast defense battleship Vasilissa Olga sank the Italian submarine Uarsciek (620 tons) south of Malta, towards the area of Benghazi, Libya.
1955: The battle of Soloi was fought during the EOKA struggle against the British in Cyprus. Charalambos Mouskos was killed (first battle fatality of the struggle).
1981: PLO leader Yasser Arafat visited Athens on an invitation by Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou.
Births: Akis Panou, songwriter (1933)
Deaths: Byzantine emperor Basil II, known as "the Bulgar-slayer" (1025)

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