Phantis:Selected anniversaries/February 12
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- 1900: The Maritime Hospital of Piraeus was founded.
- 1911: A number of professors from the University of Athens petitioned Parliament to declare the Katharevousa version of the Greek language as the one and only official language of the Greek state.
- 1945: The Varkiza Agreement was signed - it was an agreement that terminated institutionally the political and military fighting of December 1944 ("December events") and aimed at reconciliating the opposite blocs of the country.
- 1946: The second general council of the Communist Party of Greece took place which decided to boycott the upcoming elections in favour of armed struggle.
- 1979: Weapons were stolen from an army base in Rethymno, Crete.
- Births: Christos Samaras, EOKA fighter (1925), Costa-Gavras, film producer (1933), Angeliki Nikolouli, reporter (1959).
- Deaths: Georgia Vasiliadou, stage and screen actress (1980), Theodoros Polykandriotis, Laika composer (2004)
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