Difference between revisions of "April 18"

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727: A rebelious fleet of vessels from mainland Greece, led by Agallianus, is destroyed by a fleet loyal to Byzantine emperor Leo III. The rebellion occurred as aresult of the emperor's iconoclast views.
1878: British diplomats secure a ceasefire between the Greek rebels of Thessaly, Epirus and Macedonia on the one hand and the Turkish Army on the other.
1901: Advocates of Enosis (union with Greece) triumph in the Cretan elections.
1903: Bulgarian agents detonate bombs throughout Thessaloniki.
1906: King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra arrive in Athens to attend the 1906 Athens Olympiad.
1941: Days before Greece capitulates to the Germans, PM Alexandros Korizis commits suicide.
1944: Alexandros Svolos replaces Evripidis Bakirtzis as head of the Political Committee of National Liberation (the government of the mountains).
1956: Maria Desylla becomes the first woman elected mayor of a Greek city (Kerkyra).
1991: Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas dies as a result of a stroke he suffered during the George Koskotas trial.
1996: Fanatic Islamists murder 18 Greek tourists in Cairo, Egypt.

2001: AEK hand former basketball "emperor" Aris their worst defeat ever 110-56.
2006: Vassilis Kontovazenitis becomes the 15th President of EPAE, taking over leadership from Alexandros Lykourezos

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 ==Events==
+*[[727]]: A rebelious fleet of vessels from mainland Greece, led by Agallianus, is destroyed by a fleet loyal to [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Leo III]]. The rebellion occurred as aresult of the emperor's [[iconoclast]] views.
 *[[1878]]: British diplomats secure a ceasefire between the Greek rebels of [[Thessaly]], [[Epirus]] and [[Macedonia]] on the one hand and the Turkish Army on the other.
 *[[1901]]: Advocates of [[Enosis]] (union with Greece) triumph in the [[Crete|Cretan]] elections.