Difference between revisions of "December 27"

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537: Hagia Sophia is rededicated in Constantinople by Byzantine emperor Justinian I. Such was the splendour of the new church that the emperor exclaimed: "I have bested you, Solomon!"

1944: PM Georgios Papandreou submits his resignation in the midst of the post-World War II December crisis ("Δεκεμβριανά"). Winston Churchill leaves Athens for London.

1947: 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.

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 *[[537]]: [[Hagia Sophia]] is rededicated in [[Constantinople]] by [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine emperor]] [[Justinian I]]. Such was the splendour of the new church that the emperor exclaimed: "I have bested you, Solomon!"
-*[[1944]]: PM [[Georgios Papandreou]] resigns in the midst of the post-[[World War II]] December crisis "Δεκεμβριανά". Winston Churchill leaves [[Athens]] for London.
+*[[1944]]: PM [[Georgios Papandreou]] submits his resignation in the midst of the post-[[World War II]] December crisis ("Δεκεμβριανά"). Winston Churchill leaves [[Athens]] for London.
 *[[1947]]: 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.