Difference between revisions of "February 9"

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474: Zeno I ascends to the Byzantine throne.
1919: Workers in Thessaloniki protest shortages in food.
1934: The Balkan Entente is established by Greece, Turkey, Romania and Yugoslavia.
1948: A major earthquake (7.1 on the Richter scale) strikes the island of Karpathos.
1950: Martial law, imposed as a result of the Greek Civil War, is lifted throughout Greece.
1954: The statue of Theodoros Kolokotronis on his horse, is placed in front of old Parliament building.
1976: The European Common Market accepts the application of Greece for full membership.
1995: Four members of the Northern Epirus "Omonia Party" are released from prison by the Albanian authorities.
2007: The body of Yiannis Vartholomeos, head of the Social Insurance Institute (IKA), was found in the stairwell of an apartment block in the central Zografou area.

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 *[[1919]]: Workers in [[Thessaloniki]] protest shortages in food.
 *[[1934]]: The Balkan Entente is established by Greece, Turkey, Romania and Yugoslavia.
+*[[1948]]: A major earthquake (7.1 on the Richter scale) strikes the island of [[Karpathos]].
 *[[1950]]: Martial law, imposed as a result of the [[Greek Civil War]], is lifted throughout Greece.
 *[[1954]]: The statue of [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] on his horse, is placed in front of old Parliament building.