Phantis:Selected anniversaries/October 30
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- 1821: The Turkish army put an end to the Greeks' revolt in Chalkidiki.
- 1908: The first electric trams appeared, making their runs at Acharnon Street in Athens.
- 1912: The Battle of Pente Pigadia ended in victory for the Greek Army.
- 1927: An unsuccessful assassination attempt against Pavlos Kountouriotis, President of the Hellenic Republic, took place.
- 1944: Thessaloniki was liberated from the German World War II occupying forces
- 1996: Panagiotis Giannakis debuted on the bench of the National Basketball Team of Greece, in a game against Israel.
- Births: Kostas Karyotakis (1896), poet
- Deaths: Giorgos Theotokas (1966), writer ; Stylianos Mavromichalis (1981), jurist, Prime Minister; Tasos Livaditis (1988), poet
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