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*[[1907]]: [[Ploutis Servas]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] politician, founder of [[AKEL]]. | *[[1907]]: [[Ploutis Servas]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] politician, founder of [[AKEL]]. | ||
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| + | *[[1825]]: [[Laskarina Bouboulina]], heroine of the Greek [[War of Independence]]. | ||
[[Category:Days]] | [[Category:Days]] | ||
Revision as of 19:17, May 15, 2006
Events
- 1453: A lunar eclipse occurs while Constantinople is under siege by the Ottoman Turks.
The Byzantines take it as a bad omen since an old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing.
- 1963: MP Grigoris Lambrakis is run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists (Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Kotzamanis) after delivering the keynote speech at a pacifist meeting in Thessaloniki. He will die five days later.
Births
- 1907: Ploutis Servas, Cypriot politician, founder of AKEL.
Deaths
- 1825: Laskarina Bouboulina, heroine of the Greek War of Independence.