Difference between revisions of "October 17"

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322 BC: Demosthenes commits suicide before he could be handed over to the Macedonians.
1863: Prince George of Denmark arrives in Piraeus. He will reign on the throne of Greece for the next 50 years.
1909: A movement in the Greek Navy against the Military Association is violently put down.
1931: Metropolitan of Kition, Nikodimos Milonas, calls for protests throughout Cyprus against British policies on the island.
1941: 250 inhabitants of Kerdylia, Serres are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the killing of a single German soldier.
1949: "Radio Free Greece" announces the cessation of all hostilities on the part of the communist Democratic Army of Greece. The Greek Civil War is officially over.

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 *[[322 BC]]: [[Demosthenes]] commits suicide before he could be handed over to the [[Macedon]]ians.
 *[[1863]]: [[King George I|Prince George of Denmark]] arrives in [[Piraeus]]. He will reign on the throne of Greece for the next 50 years.
+*[[1909]]: A movement in the Greek Navy against the [[Military Association]] is violently put down.
 *[[1931]]: Metropolitan of [[Kition]], [[Nikodimos Milonas]], calls for protests throughout [[Cyprus]] against British policies on the island.
 *[[1941]]: 250 inhabitants of [[Kerdylia]], [[Serres prefecture|Serres]] are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the killing of a single German soldier.