February 13
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Events
- 1975: The "Turkish Republic of North Cyprus" is declared independent by Turkish Cypriots. Only Turkey recogises the breakaway "state".
- 1979: The Greek government publishes the new law allowing divorce for reason of "long-term separation".
- 2008: Unions call a general strike throughout Greece to protest the Karamanlis government proposed pension reform law.
Births
- 1888: Georgios Papandreou, Greek politician and Prime Minister
- 1933: Michalis Karaolis, EOKA member
- 1945: Christos Terzanidis, football player
Deaths
- 1332: Andronicus II Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor
- 1899: Andreas Syngros, national benefactor
- 1977: Nikolaos Kabanis, president of Aris Thessaloniki and editor of the newspaper Athlitika Nea.