Phantis:Selected anniversaries/December

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December 1

Recent days: November 30 - November 29


December 2

Recent days: December 1 - November 30


December 3

Recent days: December 2 - December 1


December 4

Recent days: December 3 - December 2


December 5

  • 1912: Greece used, for the first time, airplanes to drop bombs at Bizani
  • 1940: Colonel Mardohaios Frizis (Μαρδοχαίος Φριζής), a Greek Jew , was killed near Premeti during the Greek-Italian confrontation. He was the first high ranking officer to fall in battle in World War II.
  • 1969: A pacemaker was implanted for the first time in a heart patient in Greece.
  • 1981: Adultery was decriminalized. Article 357 of the Penal Code that called for imprisonment as a penalty for adultery was revoked.
  • Births: George Savalas, Greek-American actor (1926), Nikos Kourkoulos, actor (1934)

Recent days: December 4 - December 3


December 6

Recent days: December 5 - December 4


December 7

Recent days: December 6 - December 5


December 8

Recent days: December 7 - December 6


December 9

Recent days: December 8 - December 7


December 10

Recent days: December 9 - December 8


December 11

Recent days: December 10 - December 9


December 12

Recent days: December 11 - December 10


December 13

Recent days: December 12 - December 11


December 14

Recent days: December 13 - December 12


December 15

Recent days: December 14 - December 13


December 16

Recent days: December 15 - December 14


December 17

Recent days: December 16 - December 15


December 18

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December 19

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December 20

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December 21

Recent days: December 20 - December 19


December 22

Recent days: December 21 - December 20


December 23

Recent days: December 22 - December 21


December 24

Recent days: December 23 - December 22


December 25

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December 26

Recent days: December 25 - December 24


December 27

Recent days: December 26 - December 25


December 28

Recent days: December 27 - December 26


December 29

Recent days: December 28 - December 27


December 30

  • 1934: The Government announced its decision to proceed with the establishment of a radio station
  • 1963: The Green Line, separating the Greek and Turkish sectors of Lefkosia, was agreed upon by the two communities.
  • 1975: The trial for the events at the Athens Polytechnic School student uprising came to an end with all defendants found guilty as charged
  • 1981: Drastic measures were taken to combat pollution in Athens. These included the alternating ban of motor vehicles from the city centre, based on the last digit of their license plate (odd-even).
  • 2002: Olympiakos defeated Vasas of Hungary 6-5 to win the European Super Cup of Water Polo.
  • Births: Nikos Portokaloglou, singer, songwriter (1957)
  • Deaths: Christos Filippidis, editor-in-chief of conservative Athens daily "Acropolis" (1980)

Recent days: December 29 - December 28


December 31

Recent days: December 30 - December 29