Phantis:Selected anniversaries/March 29
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- 1821: Livadeia joined the War of Independence under Athanasios Diakos.
- 1864: The Ionian Islands became part of Greece
- 1941: The Battle of Cape Matapan (Cape Tainaro) took place during World War II.
- 1993: George Rallis resigned from the Greek Parliament in protest over the government's handling of the FYROM problem.
- Births: Pavlos Melas, hero of the Macedonian Struggle (1870), Kostas Virvos, songwriter (1926), Vangelis Papathanasiou, composer (1943), Marina Sirtis, Greek-British actress (1960), Voula Patoulidou, athlete (1965).