Difference between revisions of "March 7"

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961: Nicephorus Phocas liberates Crete from the Saracens.
1907: Marinos Antypas, an advocate of agrarian reform, is assassinated in Thessaly.
1941: The first British and New Zealand land troops arrive in Greece as a German attack is deemed imminent.
1945: Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras rules out Communists for his cabinet.
1948: The Dodecanese officially become part of Greece.
1964: Fighting breaks out in Mallia, Lemesos province, Cyprus between Cypriot National Guardsmen and Turkish Cypriot irregulars.
2004: Costas Karamanlis is elected Greek Prime Minister over Giorgos Papandreou. Karamanlis' New Democracy Party receives 45.36% of the vote whereas Papandreou's PASOK receives 40.55%. The Communist KKE is third with a 5.90% share of the vote.

2004: Basketball coach Yiannis Ioannidis and sports journalist Dimitris Konstantaras are elected to the Greek Parliament

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 *[[961]]: [[Nicephorus Phocas]] liberates [[Crete]] from the Saracens.
 *[[1907]]: [[Marinos Antypas]], an advocate of agrarian reform, is assassinated in [[Thessaly]].
+*[[1941]]: The first British and New Zealand land troops arrive in [[Greece]] as a German attack is deemed imminent.
 *[[1945]]: Prime Minister [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] rules out Communists for his cabinet.
 *[[1948]]: The [[Dodecanese]] officially become part of [[Greece]].