Difference between revisions of "Phantis:Selected anniversaries/September 20"

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325 BC: Alexander's fleet, consisting of 150 ships under the command of Admiral Nearchus from Crete, set sail from the port of Matala, in the mouth of the Indus river, to return to Persia.
1897: A Peace treaty was signed ending the Greco-Turkish War (1897)
1923: Patriarch Meletius IV resigned the Ecumenical throne amid growing political pressure.
1942: Resistance members belonging to PEAN blew up the offices of the "National Socialist Patriotic Organisation" killing 43 Germans and 23 Greek collaborators.
1951: NATO accepted Greece and Turkey as new members.
Deaths: Nikos Skalkotas (1949), composer; Giorgos Seferis (1971), poet; Alexandros Kotzias (1992), writer

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+*[[325 BC]]: [[Alexander the Great|Alexander's]] fleet, consisting of 150 ships under the command of Admiral [[Nearchus]] from [[Crete]], set sail from the port of Matala, in the mouth of the Indus river, to return to Persia.
 *[[1897]]: A Peace treaty was signed ending the [[Greco-Turkish War (1897)]]
-*[[1981]]: [[Dimitris Michas]] broke the Greek record in the [[triple jump]] with 17.04m. His record will stand for 17 years.
+*[[1923]]: Patriarch [[Meletius Metaxakis|Meletius IV]] resigned the Ecumenical throne amid growing political pressure.
+*[[1942]]: Resistance members belonging to [[PEAN]] blew up the offices of the "National Socialist Patriotic Organisation" killing 43 Germans and 23 Greek collaborators.
+*[[1951]]: NATO accepted Greece and Turkey as new members.
 *Deaths: [[Nikos Skalkotas]] ([[1949]]), composer; [[George Seferis|Giorgos Seferis]] ([[1971]]), poet; [[Alexandros Kotzias]] ([[1992]]), writer
 <span style="font-size:11px; padding-top:3px;">Recent days: [[September 19]] - [[September 18]]</span>
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