Phantis:Selected anniversaries/October 12
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- 1944: The WWII German occupying forces moved out of Athens
- 1986: New Democracy triumphed in the municipal elections as Miltiades Evert was elected Mayor of Athens, Andreas Andrianopoulos was elected Mayor of Piraeus and Sotiris Kouvelas was elected Mayor of Thessaloniki.
- 1989: US Ambassador Michael Sotirchos met with Communist politicians Charilaos Florakis and Leonidas Kyrkos.
- 1995: 4,000 Greek policemen and firemen demonstrated in Athens for better wages.
- Births: Queen Elisabeth of Greece (wife of King George II) (1894), Mimis Plessas, music composer (1924), Martha Vourtsi, actress (1937),
Yiannis Kalitzakis, footballer (1966) Recent days: October 11 - October 10