Phantis:Selected anniversaries/February 13
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- 1975: The "Turkish Republic of North Cyprus" was declared independent by Turkish Cypriots. Only Turkey recogised the breakaway "state".
- 1979: The Greek government published the new law allowing divorce for reason of "long-term separation".
- Births: Georgios Papandreou, politician and Prime Minister (1888), Michalis Karaolis, EOKA member (1933), Christos Terzanidis, football player (1945)
- Deaths: Andronicus II Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor (1332); Andreas Syngros, national benefactor (1899); Nikolaos Kabanis, president of Aris Thessaloniki and editor of the newspaper Athlitika Nea (1977)
Recent days: February 12 - February 11