Difference between revisions of "Phantis:Selected anniversaries/February 12"

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1911: The Parliament was petitioned to declare the Katharevousa as the one and only official language of the Greek state.
1945: The Varkiza Agreement was signed.
1946: The second general council of the Communist Party of Greece took place which decided to boycott the upcoming elections in favour of armed struggle.
1979: Weapons were stolen from an army base in Rethymno, Crete.
Births: Christos Samaras, EOKA fighter (1925); Costa-Gavras, film producer (1933); Angeliki Nikolouli, reporter (1959).
Deaths: Georgia Vasiliadou, stage and screen actress (1980); Theodoros Polykandriotis, Laika composer (2004)

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 '''[[February 12]]'''
-*[[1911]]: A number of professors from the [[University of Athens]] petitioned Parliament to declare the [[Katharevousa]] version of the [[Greek language]] as the one and only official language of the Greek state.
+*[[1911]]: The Parliament was petitioned to declare the [[Katharevousa]] as the one and only official [[Greek language|language]] of the Greek state.
-*[[1945]]: The [[Varkiza Agreement]] was signed - it was an agreement that terminated institutionally the political and military fighting of December [[1944]] ("[[December events]]").
+*[[1945]]: The [[Varkiza Agreement]] was signed.
 *[[1946]]: The second general council of the [[Communist Party of Greece]] took place which decided to boycott the upcoming elections in favour of armed struggle.
 *[[1979]]: Weapons were stolen from an army base in [[Rethymno]], [[Crete]].