December 12
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Events
- 1955 - The Battle of Spilia is fought in the EOKA struggle against the British in Cyprus.
- 1970: Announcement of a discovery of an extended neolithic settlement near Sesklo (a village nearby the city of Volos, in Thessaly)
Births
- 1792: Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek military commander and national hero
Namesday
- Saint Spyridon, patron saint of Corfu and Piraeus