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==Births== | ==Births== | ||
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| + | *[[May 26]]: [[Anton Christoforidis]], boxer. | ||
===October=== | ===October=== | ||
*[[October 18]]: [[Constantine Mitsotakis]] politician | *[[October 18]]: [[Constantine Mitsotakis]] politician | ||
Revision as of 14:02, February 20, 2007
Events
May
- May 30: The Battle of Skra, fought in the Macedonia front in World War I, ends in Greek victory over the Bulgarians.
July
- July 18: Greek-American George Dilboy knocks out three German machine gun nests, continues fighting despite the loss of a leg and finally is killed in the attack on Belleau Woods in World War I. His heroism earned him a posthumous Medal of Honor.
October
- October 21: The first labor conference in Greece takes place at the Vassiliko Theater of Athens
November
- November 4: The First Congress of Greek socialists is held, from which the Socialist Labour Party of Greece or SEKE (Greek: Σοσιαλιστικό Εργατικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Sosialistiko Ergatiko Komma Elladas) was born - a few years later it is renamed to Communist Party of Greece (Kommounistiko Komma Ellados, Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδος, KKE).
Births
May
- May 26: Anton Christoforidis, boxer.
October
- October 18: Constantine Mitsotakis politician
December
- December 26: George Rallis, politician and Prime Minister of Greece