Phantis:Selected anniversaries/October 18
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- 1944: The Greek Government in exile, under Georgios Papandreou, arrived in Piraeus.
- 1979: The Greek government announced measures to save the Parthenon and other antiquites from pollution.
- 1979: Odysseus Elytis won the Nobel prize for literature.
- 1981: Andreas Papandreou was elected PM of Greece as PASOK triumphed in the general elections, winning 48.06% of the vote.
- 1994: Nikos Galis walked out on Panathinaikos and Greek Basketball
- Births: Constantine Mitsotakis politician (1918), Melina Mercouri, actress, activist and politician (1920), Giorgos Kimoulis, actor (1956), Jimmy Patikas, Greek-Australian footballer (1963)
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