Difference between revisions of "December 24"

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1940: Submarine RHS Papanikolis, under Lt.Cdr. Miltiades Iatridis, torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Firenze (3952 BRT) in the Adriatic off Saseno Island
1944: 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.
1947: The "Provisional Democratic Government" is set up, during the Greek Civil War, by the Communist Party of Greece with Markos Vafiadis as Prime Minister.
1947: Metropolitan Makarios of Kyrenia is elected Archbishop of Cyprus. (He is the predecessor of Makarios III.
1989: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November raids Sykouri army base in Larisa, Greece and steals a quantity of anti-tank rockets and ammunition.

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 *[[1944]]: 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]].
 *[[1947]]: The "Provisional Democratic Government" is set up, during the [[Greek Civil War]], by the [[Communist Party of Greece]] with [[Markos Vafiadis]] as Prime Minister.
+*[[1947]]: [[Makarios II|Metropolitan Makarios]] of [[Kyrenia]] is elected Archbishop of [[Cyprus]]. (He is the predecessor of [[Makarios III]].
 *[[1989]]: The [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]] raids Sykouri army base in [[Larisa]], [[Greece]] and steals a quantity of anti-tank rockets and ammunition.