Phantis:Selected anniversaries/November 18
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- 1938: PM Ioannis Metaxas left for Ankara to attend the funeral of Kemal Ataturk.
- 1967: The Greek government recalled Gen Georgios Grivas from Cyprus.
- 1997: The Hellenic Parliament approved the "Kapodistrias" law relating to municipalities and communities reforms.
- Births: Alec Issigonis, the engineer who designed the legendary Mini in the 50s (1906), Vasilis Vasilikos, novelist, writer (1934)
- Deaths: Dimitris Gogos, better known as "Bayianteras", rebetika singer (1985)
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