Phantis:Selected anniversaries/November 16
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- 1950: The Popular Party (Laiko Komma) broke up after the defection of 25 MPs led by Stefanos Stefanopoulos.
- 1952: The Greek Rally Party of Field Marshall Alexandros Papagos triumphed in the general elections, winning nearly 80% of the seats in the Hellenic Parliament.
- 1972: 44 persons died as the tanker "World Hero" collided with the Hellenic Navy vessel "Merlin" just 5 miles from the port of Piraeus.
- Births: Photius II, Patriarch of Constantinople (1874), Glykeria, singer (1953)
- Deaths: Konstantinos Tsaldaris, politician, Prime Minister (1970), Stratos Payoumtzis, rebetiko singer (1971)
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