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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
===January=== | ===January=== | ||
| − | *[[January 11]]: Allied airplanes | + | *[[January 11]]: Allied airplanes bombard the harbour of [[Piraeus]]. |
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===October=== | ===October=== | ||
*[[October 12]]: The WWII German occupying forces move out of Athens. | *[[October 12]]: The WWII German occupying forces move out of Athens. | ||
Revision as of 13:05, January 11, 2006
Events
January
- January 11: Allied airplanes bombard the harbour of Piraeus.
October
- October 12: The WWII German occupying forces move out of Athens.
- October 28: German soldiers, while on retreat, sabotaged and destroyed the bridge of Papadia, and the tunnel and bridge of Brallos.
December
- December 24: Sir Winston Churchill arrives in Athens in an attempt to resolve the political crisis between EAM and the re-instated Greek government of Georgios Papandreou.
- December 27: PM Georgios Papandreou submits his resignation in the midst of the post-World War II December crisis ("Δεκεμβριανά"). Winston Churchill leaves Athens for London.
Births
December
- December 2: Dionysis Savvopoulos, music composer, lyricist and singer