Phantis:Selected anniversaries/January 15
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- 1823: Georgios Karaiskakis defeated the Turks at the Battle of Agios Vlassis.
- 1939: A committee was established to organise the transfer of the remains of Andreas Kalvos from England to Greece
- 1950: The Church of Cyprus organised a referendum as to the future status of the island colony. 97% of all participants voted for Enosis with Greece.
- 2006: A new political party, ASPIDA, was officially formed in Greece with the sole purpose of representing the Roma or Gypsy community, claiming that it could garner more support than the Communist Party of Greece, which held 12 seats in Parliament.
- Births: Aristotle Onassis, shipping tycoon (1906), Nikos Sarganis, footballer (1954), Christos Kostis, footballer (1972)
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