Phantis:Selected anniversaries/October 1
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- 331 BC: Alexander the Great defeated the Persians at the Battle of Gaugamela.
- 1828: Ibrahim Pasha capitulated to the Allied expedionary forces and withdrew from Greece.
- 1861: The first Greek postage stamps were issued (The Paris print of the Large Hermes heads).
- 1960: Cyprus was officially declared an independent state.
- 2006: Eleni Daniilidou won the Korean Open in tennis beating fourth seed Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3, 2-6, 7-6.
- Births: Saint Nectarius (1846)
- Deaths: Spyros Marinatos, archaeologist (1974)
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