Phantis:Selected anniversaries/December 15
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- 1803: The Souliotes were forced to abandon Souli after being defeated by Ali Pasha. The latter would break his truce and trap some of them at Zaloggo.
- 1920: Britain and France announced that after the return of King Constantine I, they were no longer responsible for the presence of the Greek army in Asia Minor.
- 1942: The British destroyer HMS Petard and Coast defense battleship Vasilissa Olga sank the Italian submarine Uarsciek (620 tons) south of Malta, towards the area of Benghazi, Libya.
- 1955: The battle of Soloi was fought during the EOKA struggle against the British in Cyprus. Charalambos Mouskos was killed (first fatality of the struggle).
- 1964: Parliamentarians are obligated from now on to an annual declaration of assets or an origin of wealth (pothen esches - πόθεν έσχες) - the measures were implemented to combat corruption.
- 1971: Panathinaikos, representing Europe, drew 1-1 against Nacional of Montevideo in the first leg of the Intercontinental Cup.
- 1978: The International Court of Justice at The Hague declares itself to be without authority to act on the matter of the Aegean continental shelf.
- 1981: PLO leader Yasser Arafat visited Athens on an invitation by Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou.
- Births: Akis Panou, songwriter (1933)
- Deaths: Byzantine emperor Basil II, known as "the Bulgar-slayer" (1025), Charalambos Mouskos, EOKA fighter (1955)
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