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'''[[September 20]]''' | '''[[September 20]]''' | ||
| − | + | *[[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. | |
| − | <span style="font-size:11px; padding-top:3px | + | *[[1897]]: A Peace treaty was signed ending the [[Greco-Turkish War (1897)]] |
| + | *[[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: [[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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Latest revision as of 15:40, September 17, 2008
- 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: Giorgos Seferis (1971), poet; Alexandros Kotzias (1992), writer
Recent days: September 19 - September 18