Phantis:Selected anniversaries/August 15
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- 1940: The Greek war ship "Elli" is torpedoed by an Italian submarine off the coast of Tinos.
- 1988: Without firing a shot, November 17th members tie up a number of police officers at Vyronas, Athens and leave with cache of weapons and ammunition.
- Births: Giorgos Mouzakis (1922), composer; Kostis Stephanopoulos (1926), politician and President of Greece
- Deaths: General Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos (1989)