Phantis:Selected anniversaries/November 3
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- 1935: A referendum was held for the return of King George II to the throne in Greece. 97.8% voted for the return.
- 1963: Georgios Papandreou's political party, Center Union, emerged the winner in the national elections held, and formed a minority government with 42.2% of the votes.
- 1968: The funeral for Georgios Papandreou turned into a protest against the military government of Georgios Papadopoulos
- 1993: Constantine Mitsotakis resigned from the leadership of the New Democracy political party. Miltiades Evert was elected the new leader with 141 votes; 37 voted for Ioannis Varvitsiotis.
- Births: Spiros Kalogerou (1922), actor; Michael Dukakis (1933), Greek-American politician
- Deaths: Constantius II (361), Byzantine emperor; John III Doukas Vatatzes (1254), Byzantine emperor; Andreas Kalvos (1869), writer, poet; Constantine Christomanos (1911), poet, writer, innovator of the Greek theatrical scene
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