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1889: Maria Vetsera, a 17-year old baroness of Greek descent, commits suicide with her lover: Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria-Hungary.
1923: Greece and Turkey sign the agreement to exchange populations. The Greeks of Constantinople and the Turks and other Muslims of Western Thrace are excluded from this mandatory exchange.
1925: Patriarch Constantine VI of Constantinople is deported by the Turkish government.
1929: Greek women acquire the right to vote.
1995: Greek archaeologist, Lena Souvlatzi, announces in Egypt that she has discovered the tomb of Alexander the Great.

1911: Anorthosis Famagusta FC is founded.
1968: Junta-appointed Secretary General of Athletics, Lt. Col. Kostas Aslanidis, blasts corruption in football in a speech in Thessaloniki. He alleges that Panathinaikos fixed games, that footballers Tzekos Ballarinis and Kostas Vallianos threw games for money and that several referees and linesmen had been paid off.

Today is Three Hierarchs Day, a feast day for Greek schools. It honours the memory of:

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 ==Events==
 *[[1889]]: Maria Vetsera, a 17-year old baroness of Greek descent, commits suicide with her lover: Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria-Hungary.
+*[[1923]]: Greece and Turkey sign the agreement to exchange populations. The Greeks of [[Constantinople]] and the Turks and other Muslims of Western [[Thrace]] are excluded from this mandatory exchange.
 *[[1925]]: [[Patriarch Constantine VI of Constantinople]] is deported by the Turkish government.
 *[[1929]]: Greek women acquire the right to vote.