Difference between pages "April 18" and "March 23"

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Events

1821: Kalamata is liberated two days before the Greek War of Independence is declared.
1906: Guerrila leader, Georgios Skalidis, is killed in a battle against Turks, near Monastir, during the Macedonian Struggle.
1943: Archbishop Damaskinos and several Greek business leaders formally request that measures be taken by the Logothetopoulos government for the protection of Greek Jews.
1945: DDT arrives in Greece to combat malaria.
1984: General Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos meets Markos Vafiadis and shakes hands with him in front of TV cameras. The two men had commanded opposing sides in the Greek Civil War.

Births

1937: Stamatis Kokotas, singer

Deaths

1986: Achilleas Apergis, sculptor.

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 ==Events==
-*[[1878]]: British diplomats secure a ceasefire between the Greek rebels of [[Thessaly]], [[Epirus]] and [[Macedonia]] on the one hand and the Turkish Army on the other.
+*[[1821]]: [[Kalamata]] is liberated two days before the Greek [[War of Independence]] is declared.
-*[[1901]]: Advocates of [[Enosis]] (union with Greece) triumph in the [[Crete|Cretan]] elections.
+*[[1906]]: Guerrila leader, Georgios Skalidis, is killed in a battle against Turks, near Monastir, during the [[Macedonian Struggle]].
-*[[1903]]: Bulgarian agents detonate bombs throughout [[Thessaloniki]].
+*[[1943]]: [[Archbishop Damaskinos]] and several Greek business leaders formally request that measures be taken by the [[Konstantinos Logothetopoulos|Logothetopoulos]] government for the protection of Greek Jews.
-*[[1906]]:  King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra arrive in [[Athens]] to attend the 1906 Athens Olympiad.
+*[[1945]]: DDT arrives in Greece to combat malaria.
-*[[1941]]: Days before Greece capitulates to the Germans, PM [[Alexandros Korizis]] commits suicide.
+*[[1984]]: General [[Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos]] meets [[Markos Vafiadis]] and shakes hands with him in front of TV cameras. The two men had commanded opposing sides in the [[Greek Civil War]].
-*[[1944]]: [[Alexandros Svolos]] replaces [[Evripidis Bakirtzis]] as head of the [[Political Committee of National Liberation]] (the government of the mountains).
-*[[1956]]: [[Maria Desylla]] becomes the first woman elected mayor of a Greek city ([[Kerkyra city|Kerkyra]]).
-*[[1991]]: [[Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas]] dies as a result of a stroke he suffered during the [[George Koskotas]] trial.
-*[[1996]]: Fanatic Islamists murder 18 Greek tourists in Cairo, Egypt.
-===Sports===
-*[[2001]]: [[AEK BC|AEK]] hand former basketball "emperor" [[Aris BC|Aris]] their worst defeat ever 110-56.
-*[[2006]]: [[Vassilis Kontovazenitis]] becomes the 15th President of [[EPAE]], taking over leadership from [[Alexandros Lykourezos]]
 ==Births==
-*[[1917]]: [[Queen Frederika]] of [[Greece]].
+*[[1937]]: [[Stamatis Kokotas]], singer
 ==Deaths==
-*[[1941]]: [[Alexandros Korizis]], Greek Prime Minister.
+*[[1986]]: [[Achilleas Apergis]], sculptor.
-*[[1991]]: [[Menios Koutsogiorgas]], politician
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Difference between pages "April 18" and "March 23"

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