Difference between pages "Elena Venizelou" and "Phantis:Selected anniversaries/September 10"

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1925: The first constitution of the Greek Republic was published and immediately went into effect.
1972: Petros Galaktopoulos won silver at the Munich Olympiad in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Deaths: Elena Venizelou, widow of Eleftherios Venizelos (1959)

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-'''Elena Venizelou''' was the second wife of [[Greeks|Greek]] Prime Minister [[Eleftherios Venizelos]].
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-Venizelou was born Elena Skilitsi in London, England, to wealthy Greek parents originally from the island of [[Chios]]. She married [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] - who was eleven years her senior - on [[September 15]] (September 2 OS), [[1921]] and shared his life until the day he died in March of [[1936]].
+*[[1925]]: The first constitution of the Greek Republic was published and immediately went into effect.
+*[[1972]]: [[Petros Galaktopoulos]] won silver at the Munich Olympiad in Greco-Roman wrestling.
-Venizelou became active in social matters in Greece. In [[1933]], she established a much-needed neo-natal hospital in [[Athens]]. Later, with her donations, a chapel would be built nearby.
+*Deaths: [[Elena Venizelou]], widow of [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] ([[1959]])
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-On [[June 6]], [[1933]], during the second attempt on Venizelos' life, Elena was injured in the hand.
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-Venizelou remained a widow until her death at age 84, on [[September 10]], [[1959]]. Late in life she wrote her memoirs "In the shadow of Venizelos".
-[[Category:Prime Minister Spouses|Venizelou, Elena]]
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