Phantis:Selected anniversaries/June 15
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- 1836: By Royal order the Greek Royal Mint is established.
- 1943: 19 Greeks are executed by German occupation troops in retaliation for the blowing up of an Italian ship in Piraeus harbour.
- 1982: The Drachma is devalued by 15%.
- 1995: Two earthquakes strike Aigio causing 25 deaths.
- Births: Peter Clentzos (1909), athlete ; Demis Roussos (1946), singer; Yiannis Pathiakakis (1953), football player
- Deaths: Andronicus III Paleaologus (1341), Byzantine Emperor; John VI Cantacuzenus (1383), Byzantine Emperor; Manos Hadjidakis (1994), composer