Difference between revisions of "Phantis:Selected anniversaries/April 18"

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1901: Advocates of Enosis (union with Greece) triumphed in the Cretan elections.
1941: Days before Greece capitulated to the Germans, PM Alexandros Korizis committed suicide.
1944: Alexandros Svolos replaced Evripidis Bakirtzis as head of the Political Committee of National Liberation (the government of the mountains).
1956: Maria Desylla became the first woman elected mayor of a Greek city (Kerkyra).
1996: Fanatic Islamists murdered 18 Greek tourists in Cairo, Egypt.
Births: Queen Frederika of Greece (1917)
Deaths: Alexandros Korizis, Greek Prime Minister (1941), Menios Koutsogiorgas, politician (1991)

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 '''[[April 18]]'''
+*[[1901]]: Advocates of [[Enosis]] (union with Greece) triumphed in the [[Crete|Cretan]] elections.
+*[[1941]]: Days before Greece capitulated to the Germans, PM [[Alexandros Korizis]] committed suicide.
+*[[1944]]: [[Alexandros Svolos]] replaced [[Evripidis Bakirtzis]] as head of the [[Political Committee of National Liberation]] (the government of the mountains).
+*[[1956]]: [[Maria Desylla]] became the first woman elected mayor of a Greek city ([[Kerkyra city|Kerkyra]]).
+*[[1996]]: Fanatic Islamists murdered 18 Greek tourists in Cairo, Egypt.
+*Births: [[Queen Frederika]] of [[Greece]] ([[1917]])
+*Deaths: [[Alexandros Korizis]], Greek Prime Minister ([[1941]]), [[Menios Koutsogiorgas]], politician ([[1991]])
 <span style="font-size:11px; padding-top:3px;">Recent days: [[April 17]] - [[April 16]]</span>
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