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| − | [[Image:Tank-athens.jpg|thumb|300px|Liberated Athenians greet British soldiers in [[Athens]]]]
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| | ==Events== | | ==Events== |
| − | ===January===
| + | *[[1820]]: [[Grigoris Papaflessas]] returns to [[Peloponnesus]] from [[Constantinople]] |
| − | *[[January 11]]: Allied airplanes bombard the harbour of [[Piraeus]], destroying much of the city centre and killing 5,500 civilians. | + | *[[1909]]: [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] arrives in [[Athens]] on invitation by the reformist [[Military League]]. |
| − | *[[January 21]]: Four units of the [[Hellenic Navy]] ("Crete", "Themistocles", "Chios" and "Samos") take part in the landing at Anzio.
| + | *[[1944]]: British ships start to evacuate the remnants of [[Napoleon Zervas]]' [[EDES]] forces off the Greek mainland to the island of [[Corfu]]. |
| − | *[[January 26]]: 43 Greeks are executed outside [[Kozani]] by the occupation forces.
| + | *[[1946]]: Shipping magnate [[Aristotle Onassis]] marries [[Athina Mary Livanos]], daughter of [[Stavros Livanos]] another shipping magnate. |
| − | | + | *[[1996]]: The SS "Dystos" sinks off the coast of [[Euboea]]. Twenty passengers drown. |
| − | ===February===
| + | ===Sports=== |
| − | *[[February 29]]: Greek resistance movements [[EDES]], [[EAM]] and [[EKKA]] sign a cooperation pact at Plaka, [[Epirus]]. | + | *[[1991]]: First All-Star [[basketball]] game in [[Greece]]. A team of Greek players faces a team of foreigners playing in the Greek championship. A dunk by John Hutson thrashes the board. |
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| − | ===March===
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| − | *[[March 10]]: The [[Political Committee of National Liberation]] (the "government of the mountains") is formed at [[Viniani]], [[Evritania prefecture]]. [[Evripidis Bakirtzis]] is sworn in as Prime Minister.
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| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 1]]: Leftist officers and troops of the Greek 1st Brigade revolt in [[Alexandria]].
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| − | *[[April 3]]: 30 Greeks, under Lt. Col. Andreas Kalinskis, liberate Greek prisoners held by the Germans in [[Mytilene]]. Six Germans are killed in the operation. | |
| − | *[[April 4]]: The village of [[Drosopigi]] in [[Florina prefecture]], [[Macedonia]], Greece, is totally destroyed by German occupation troops.
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| − | *[[April 5]]: 270 Greeks are executed in the village of [[Kleisoura (Kastoria)]], by the German occupation forces, in retaliation for the killing of two German soldiers in the area.
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| − | *[[April 5]]: [[Hellenic Navy]] crew members join the revolt in [[Alexandria]].
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| − | *[[April 17]]: Communist resistance group [[ELAS]] attack and annihilate [[EKKA]], a republican resistance group. EKKA leader, [[Dimitrios Psaros]], is captured and executed.
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| − | *[[April 18]]: [[Alexandros Svolos]] replaces [[Evripidis Bakirtzis]] as head of the [[Political Committee of National Liberation]] (the government of the mountains).
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| − | *[[April 23]]: The revolt of Greek leftist troops in [[Alexandria]] is put down by force.
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| − | *[[April 24]]: 318 Greeks are killed by German occupation troops in [[Pyrgos (Kozani)|Pyrgos]], [[Kozani prefecture]]. 180 of them were burned alive.
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| − | *[[April 26]]: Greek guerrilas and British commandos kidnap Gen. Heinrich Kreipe, commander of the German garrison of [[Crete]].
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| − | ===May===
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| − | *[[May 1]]: 200 Greek patriots are executed by the Nazis at [[Kaisariani]].
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| − | *[[May 4]]: The village of [[Saktouria]] in [[Rethymno prefecture]], [[Crete]], is totally destroyed by German occupation troops. | |
| − | *[[May 4]]: The village of [[Margarikari]] in [[Heraklio prefecture]], [[Crete]], is totally destroyed by German occupation troops.
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| − | *[[May 9]]: 10 Greeks are hanged by the German occupation forces at [[Psila Alonia]], [[Achaea prefecture]]. Several were members of the resistance group [[EAM]]. | |
| − | *[[May 16]]: Sixteen inhabitants of the village of [[Saktouria]] in [[Rethymno prefecture]], [[Crete]], are executed by German occupation troops.
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| − | *[[May 17]]: The Greek government-in-exile meets with representatives of the various guerrila movements in Lebanon.
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| − | ===June===
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| − | *[[June 10]]: German occupation troops execute 218 Greeks in [[Distomo]], [[Boeotia prefecture]].
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| − | *[[June 17]]: German occupation troops destroy [[Ypati]], [[Phthiotis prefecture]] after executing 28 inhabitants.
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| − | ===July===
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| − | *[[July 11]]: [[Lela Karayianni]], leader of resistance group "Bouboulina" is captured by the Germans.
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| − | ===August===
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| − | *[[August 11]]: The Greek 3rd mountain brigade lands in Taranto, Italy.
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| − | *[[August 13]]: German troops destroy the village of [[Anogia]], [[Crete]].
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| − | *[[August 21]]: German troops destroy the village of [[Damasta]], [[Crete]], after executing 30 inhabitants.
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| − | ===September=== | |
| − | *[[September 5]]: 50 Greeks are executed at [[Kesariani]] by German occupation troops. | |
| − | *[[September 8]]: [[Lela Karayianni]], leader of the "Bouboulina" resistance movement, is executed by the Germans.
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| − | *[[September 14]]: German forces execute 114 residents of [[Giannitsa]].
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| − | *[[September 15]]: [[ELAS]] guerrilas attack and capture [[Meligala]], [[Messinia]]. Atrocities follow with as many as 1,450 dead.
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| − | *[[September 21]]: The Greek 3rd mountain brigade enters Rimini after defeating its German defenders.
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| − | *[[September 26]]: [[EAM]]/[[ELAS]] and [[EDES]] agree in Caserta, Italy, to place their men under the command of British Maj. Gen. Ronald Skobie.
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| − | *[[September 27]]: The Greek 3rd mountain brigade crosses the Rubicon.
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| − | ===October===
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| − | *[[October 7]]: 300 Greek Jews lead 150 others in a revolt at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Nearly all are killed in the ensuing fight against the German guards.
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| − | *[[October 7]]: The first British troops land in the [[Peloponnese]].
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| − | *[[October 12]]: The WWII German occupying forces move out of Athens.
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| − | *[[October 17]]: The Greek government-in-exile boards the [[Battleship Georgios Averof]] for the return trip to [[Athens]].
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| − | *[[October 18]]: The Greek Government in exile, under [[Georgios Papandreou]], arrives in [[Piraeus]].
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| − | *[[October 20]]: Joseph Stalin and Sir Winston Churchill partition eastern Europe into "spheres of influence". Greece is marked as 90% under British and only 10% under Soviet influence.
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| − | *[[October 28]]: German soldiers, while on retreat, sabotage and destroy the [[Papadia Bridge|bridge of Papadia]], and the tunnel and [[Brallos Bridge|bridge of Brallos]].
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| − | *[[October 30]]: [[Thessaloniki]] is liberated from the German [[World War II]] occupying forces
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| − | ===November===
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| − | *[[November 3]]: A 100 billion [[drachma]] note is put into circulation - the largest denomination of currency ever issued in Greece.
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| − | *[[November 28]]: PM [[Georgios Papandreou]] calls for the dissolution of all guerrila movements by December 10.
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| − | ===December===
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| − | *[[December 1]]: Gen. Ronald Scobie issues a proclamation calling for the disolution of the [[National Popular Liberation Army]] (ELAS). His call will go unheeded.
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| − | *[[December 4]]: Communist organisation [[ELAS]] and nationalist [[Organisation X]] battle at [[Theseum]] for control of [[Athens]].
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| − | *[[December 21]]: Three [[ELAS]] divisions attack [[EDES]] at their stronghold in [[Epirus]].
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| − | *[[December 22]]: The High Command of [[EDES]] orders its forces to retreat to [[Preveza]].
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| − | *[[December 24]]: Sir Winston Churchill arrives in [[Athens]] in an attempt to resolve the political crisis between [[EAM]] and the re-instated Greek government of [[Georgios Papandreou]].
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| − | *[[December 27]]: PM [[Georgios Papandreou]] submits his resignation in the midst of the post-[[World War II]] [[December crisis]] ("Δεκεμβριανά"). Winston Churchill leaves [[Athens]] for London.
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| − | *[[December 28]]: British ships start to evacuate the remnants of [[Napoleon Zervas]]' [[EDES]] forces off the Greek mainland to the island of [[Corfu]].
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| | ==Births== | | ==Births== |
| − | ===January===
| + | *[[1946]]: [[Lefteris Poupakis]], football player |
| − | *[[January 9]]: [[Michalis Violaris]], popular singer | + | *[[1973]]: [[Alex Dimitriades]], [[Greek-Australian]] actor |
| − | *[[January 31]]: [[Christodoulos Pasiardis]], Defence Minister of [[Cyprus]]
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| − | ===March===
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| − | *[[March 14]]: [[Mariza Koch]], singer
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| − | *[[March 17]]: [[Juan Ramon Veron]], footballer | |
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| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 20]]: [[Yiannis Gaitatzis]], footballer
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| − | ===June===
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| − | *[[June 21]]: [[Corinna Tsopei]], Miss Universe of [[1964]].
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| − | ===October===
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| − | *[[October 7]]: [[Nikos Dadinopoulos]], actor
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| − | *[[October 19]]: [[Vasilis Botinos]], footballer
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| − | ===November===
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| − | *[[November 1]]: [[Sergio Markarian]], football coach
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| − | ===December===
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| − | *[[December 2]]: [[Dionysis Savvopoulos]], music composer, lyricist and singer
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| | ==Deaths== | | ==Deaths== |
| − | ===January===
| + | *[[2019]]: [[Thanos Mikroutsikos]], composer |
| − | *[[January 7]]: [[Napoleon Lapathiotis]], poet (suicide) | |
| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 17]]: [[Dimitrios Psaros]], resistance leader
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| − | ===August===
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| − | *[[August 29]]: [[Attik]], songwriter
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| − | ===September===
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| − | *[[September 8]]: [[Lela Karayianni]], leader of the "Bouboulina" resistance movement
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| − | ===November===
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| − | *[[November 12]]: [[Tellos Agras (poet)|Tellos Agras]], poet.
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| − | ===December===
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| − | *[[December 3]]: [[Prince Andrew of Greece]], in Monaco where he had been exiled.
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| − | [[Category:1944]]
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