Phantis:Selected anniversaries/September 14
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- 1814: The "Friendly Society" (Filiki Eteria) was founded in Odessa.
- 1943: Greek guerrilas, belonging to the EKKA resistance movement, attacked and defeated a group of German soldiers at Skaloula. Five Germans were killed and nearly 20 were wounded.
- 1980: The Greek Ministry of Education announced the abolition of entrance exams from Primary into Secondary schools.
- 1998: ESAKE approved the plan of Aris BC to retire Nikos Galis' number 6 jersey. Aris were allowed the use of number 16 for the missing number 6.
- 1999: Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Kranidiotis and his entourage were killed in an air accident in Romania.
- Births: Yiannis Latsis, shipowner (1910), Costas Karamanlis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic (1956)
- Deaths: Byzantine emperor Constantine V nicknamed "Copronymos" (775), Stelios Kazantzidis, singer (*2001)
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