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*[[1453]]: A lunar eclipse occurs while [[Constantinople]] is under siege by the Ottoman Turks. The Byzantines take it as a bad omen since an old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing. | *[[1453]]: A lunar eclipse occurs while [[Constantinople]] is under siege by the Ottoman Turks. The Byzantines take it as a bad omen since an old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing. | ||
*[[1825]]: [[Laskarina Bouboulina]], heroine of the Greek [[War of Independence]], is shot dead after a family dispute with in-laws. | *[[1825]]: [[Laskarina Bouboulina]], heroine of the Greek [[War of Independence]], is shot dead after a family dispute with in-laws. | ||
| + | *[[1922]]: [[Petros Protopapadakis]] forms a government. | ||
*[[1925]]: [[Constantine VI of Constantinople|Constantine VI]] resigns as [[Patriarch of Constantinople]]. | *[[1925]]: [[Constantine VI of Constantinople|Constantine VI]] resigns as [[Patriarch of Constantinople]]. | ||
*[[1947]]: The [[Truman Doctrine]] was enacted as US Congress appropriated military and economic aid for [[Greece]] and Turkey. | *[[1947]]: The [[Truman Doctrine]] was enacted as US Congress appropriated military and economic aid for [[Greece]] and Turkey. | ||
Revision as of 16:34, March 18, 2010
Events
- 1453: A lunar eclipse occurs while Constantinople is under siege by the Ottoman Turks. The Byzantines take it as a bad omen since an old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing.
- 1825: Laskarina Bouboulina, heroine of the Greek War of Independence, is shot dead after a family dispute with in-laws.
- 1922: Petros Protopapadakis forms a government.
- 1925: Constantine VI resigns as Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1947: The Truman Doctrine was enacted as US Congress appropriated military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey.
- 1963: MP Grigoris Lambrakis is run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists (Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Gotzamanis) after delivering the keynote speech at a pacifist meeting in Thessaloniki. He will die five days later.
- 2006: The 19th century painting The Naughty Grandchild by Nikiforos Lytras became the most expensively sold piece of artwork by a Greek painter, going for 1.08 million euros at an auction at Sotheby's in London.
Sports
- 1960: Kostas Sfikas breaks the Greek record in the triple jump with 15.45m.
Births
- 1907: Ploutis Servas, Cypriot politician, founder of AKEL.
- 1927: Michael Constantine, Greek-American actor.
- 1950: Alekos Alavanos, politician
- 1965: Fanis Christodoulou, basketball player.
Deaths
- 337: Constantine the Great, emperor of Byzantium.
- 1825: Laskarina Bouboulina, heroine of the Greek War of Independence.
- 1948: Georgios Tsolakoglou, general and quisling PM of Greece
- 1958: Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer, colonial governor of Cyprus in the 1930s.
- 2005: Charilaos Florakis, chairman of the Communist Party of Greece
- 2006: Kazimierz Gorski, football coach.