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*[[1453]]: Byzantines saw the lunar eclipse that occured while [[Constantinople]] was under siege as a bad omen. An old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing in the sky.
 
*[[1453]]: Byzantines saw the lunar eclipse that occured while [[Constantinople]] was under siege as a bad omen. An old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing in the sky.
 
*[[1825]]: [[Laskarina Bouboulina]] was shot dead after a family dispute with in-laws.
 
*[[1825]]: [[Laskarina Bouboulina]] was shot dead after a family dispute with in-laws.
*[[1947]]: The Truman Doctrine was enacted as US Congress appropriated military and economic aid for [[Greece]] and Turkey.
 
 
*[[1963]]: MP [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] was run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists. He died five days later.
 
*[[1963]]: MP [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] was run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists. He died five days later.
 
*[[2006]]: The 19th century painting '''''The Naughty Grandchild''''' by [[Nikiforos Lytras]] became the most expensively piece of artwork by a Greek painter, going for 1.08 million euros at an auction at Sotheby's in London.
 
*[[2006]]: The 19th century painting '''''The Naughty Grandchild''''' by [[Nikiforos Lytras]] became the most expensively piece of artwork by a Greek painter, going for 1.08 million euros at an auction at Sotheby's in London.

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May 22

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