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| + | *[[February 29]]: His All-Holiness [[Patriarch Bartholomew I]]. | ||
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===October=== | ===October=== | ||
*[[October 28]]: [[Poly Panou]], popular singer | *[[October 28]]: [[Poly Panou]], popular singer | ||
Revision as of 21:39, January 15, 2006
Events
October
- October 28: Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas replied with the single-word reply "no", when Mussolini demanded occupation rights to strategic Greek sites. Greece officially entered World War II.
November
- November 22: The Greek army on the counter-offensive enters Korytsa in World War II
- November 24: The Greek army "liberates" the town of Moschopolis (known in Albanian as Voskopoja and in Aromanian as Moscopole) of northern Epirus (Albania) during the counter-offensive operations against the Italians in WWII
December
- December 3: The Greek army liberates Premeti.
- December 5: Colonel Mardochaios Frizis (Μαρδοχαίος Φριζής) is killed near Premeti during the Greek-Italian confrontation. He is the first high ranking officer to fall in battle in World War II.
- December 6: The Greek army liberates Agioi Saranda.
- December 8: The Greek army liberates Argyrokastro.
- December 22: The Greek army liberates Chimara.
- December 22: The Submarine Papanikolis, under the command of Lt.Cdr. Iatridis, sinks the Italian sailing vessel Antonietta by ramming in the Adriatic.
Sports
- January 5: Greek boxer, Anton Christoforidis, marks his US debut by defeating Willie Pavlovich in Madison Square Garden, New York.
Births
February
- February 29: His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew I.
October
- October 28: Poly Panou, popular singer