Phantis:Selected anniversaries/February 14
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- 1898: An unsuccessful assassination attempt was made against King George I of Greece.
- 1992: Tens of thousands protested in Thessaloniki against the use of the name "Macedonia" by FYROM.
- 1993: Glafkos Clerides was elected President of Cyprus defeating incumbent Georgios Vasiliou.
- 2006: After a broad government reshuffle, under PM Costas Karamanlis, Dora Bakoyanni was appointed Greek Foreign Minister, the first ever woman to hold the job.
- Births: Kostas Varnalis, writer (1884), Paul Tsongas, Greek-American politician
(1941), Valerios Leonidis, weightlifter (1966)
- Deaths: Karolos Koun, director (1987), Ploutis Servas, Cypriot politician (2001)
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