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This day , also known as Oxi Day, is celebrated as a national holiday and marks the day when Greece entered World War II in 1940.

312: Constantine the Great is victorious over Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge; his victory resulted in his becoming Western Augustus, or ruler of the entire Western Roman Empire.
1839: The Greek government exiles clergyman-philosopher Theophilos Kairis.
1940: 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.
1944: German soldiers, while on retreat, sabotaged and destroyed the bridge of Papadia, and the tunnel and bridge of Brallos.
1955: Michalis Karaolis is arrested in Cyprus.
1959: The electricity plant of Ptolemaida begins its operations

1962: Giorgos Babaniotis breaks the Greek Hammer throw record with a throw of 60.20m. He becomes the first Greek athlete to break the 60m barrier.

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 *[[1940]]: 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]].
 *[[1944]]: German soldiers, while on retreat, sabotaged and destroyed the [[Papadia Bridge|bridge of Papadia]], and the tunnel and [[Brallos Bridge|bridge of Brallos]].
+*[[1955]]: [[Michalis Karaolis]] is arrested in [[Cyprus]].
 *[[1959]]: The electricity plant of [[Ptolemaida]] begins its operations
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