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'''[[November 29]]'''
===January===
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*[[1826]]: French [[Philhellenism|philhellene]] [[Charles Fabvier]] broke through Turkish positions and supplied the besieged Greeks at [[Athens]].
*[[January 25]]: [[Dimitrios Maximos]] forms an all-inclusive government with political opponents [[Sophoklis Venizelos]] and [[Konstantinos Tsaldaris]] serving as his two vice-presidents
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*[[1964]]: A deadly mine explosion resulted in 13 dead and 51 injured during the 22nd anniversary celebrations of the sabotage of the bridge of [[Gorgopotamos]].
===March===
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*[[1992]]: A new tax (''Real Estate Tax'') to be paid annually by owners of real estate properties was set by the government.  
*[[March 20]]: [[Yiannis Zevgos]], a communist former Minister of Agriculture, is slain by right-wing extremists in [[Thessaloniki]].
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*Births: [[Spyridon Samaras]], composer of the Olympic anthem ([[1863]]), [[Michalis Kakiouzis]], [[basketball]] player ([[1976]])
 
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*Deaths: [[Lorentzos Mavilis]] ([[1912]]), poet; [[Pavlos Nirvanas]] ([[1937]]), poet, novelist, screenplay writer and critic; [[Christos Tegopoulos]] ([[2006]]), newspaper founder, publisher
===April===
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<span style="font-size:11px; padding-top:3px;">Recent days: [[November 28]] - [[November 27]]</span>
*[[April 1]]: [[King George II]] of [[Greece]] dies suddenly of a heart attack. He is succeeded by his brother [[King Paul]].
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===August===
 
*[[August 3]]: [[Maria Callas]] makes her first impressive appearance in the arena of Verona with "La Gioconda" by Ponchielli.
 
 
 
===November===
 
*[[November 20]]: In a lavish wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, Princess Elizabeth marries her distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten, a dashing former prince of Greece and Denmark who renounced his titles in order to marry the English princess.
 
*[[November 29]]: [[Greece]] voted against the partition of Palestine. The resolution, however, passed in the UN by 33 to 13 with 10 abstentions.
 
 
 
===December===
 
*[[December 24]]: The "Provisional Democratic Government" is set up, during the [[Greek Civil War]], by the [[Communist Party of Greece]] with [[Markos Vafiadis]] as Prime Minister.
 
*[[December 24]]: [[Makarios II|Metropolitan Makarios]] of [[Kyrenia]] is elected Archbishop of [[Cyprus]]. (He is the predecessor of [[Makarios III]]).
 
*[[December 27]]: A law is passed by the Centrist [[Sophoklis Venizelos]] government outlawing the [[Communist Party of Greece]] and the [[National Liberation Front]] ([[EAM]]). Furthermore, the law criminalises the teaching and spreading of Communism and forbids the publication of any communist newspaper or magazine.
 
 
 
==Births==
 
===January===
 
*[[January 14]]: [[Maria Farantouri]], singer.
 
===February===
 
*[[February 21]]: [[Olympia Snowe]], [[Greek-American]] politician.
 
===June===
 
*[[June 27]]: [[Vasilis Papageorgopoulos]], athlete, mayor of [[Thessaloniki]]
 
 
 
===August===
 
*[[August 11]]: [[Georgios Karatzaferis]], politician
 
 
 
===October===
 
*[[October 25]] : [[Thanasis Gaifilias]], musician
 
===December===
 
*[[December 27]]: [[Thanasis Polykandriotis]], composer of [[Laika]] music¨
 
 
 
 
 
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November 29

Recent days: November 28 - November 27