Phantis:Selected anniversaries/March 8
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- 1941: Kathimerini publisher, Georgios Vlachos, printed his famous "open letter to Hitler".
- 1950: Greece became a member of CISM.
- 1970: An attempt against the life of Archbishop Makarios III failed as his seriously wounded helicopter pilot managed to land the craft despite his injuries.
- 1995: Kostis Stephanopoulos was elected President of Greece on the third ballot.
- Births: Georgios Vizyinos, writer (1849), Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician (1907),Yiannis Parios, singer (1946), Popi Asteriadi, singer (1948)