world history

November 8, 1866: Commemorating the Holocaust of the Arkadi Monastery

The Arkadi Monastery (Μονή Αρκαδίου) is one of Crete's most venerated symbols of freedom. The Arkadi Monastery (Μονή Αρκαδίου) By…

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On this day in 356 BC Alexander the Great was born

Alexander the Great, otherwise referred to as the “King of Kings”, was born on July 20 or 21, 356 B.C.,…

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June 6, 1822: Revenge of the Chios Massacre

Konstantinos Kanaris was a Greek Admiral, patriot, and politician who lived from 1790-1877. He achieved prominence due to his heroism…

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On this day in 1825, Odysseas Androutsos passes away

Odysseas Androutsos was born on the Ionian island of Ithaca in 1788 and was the only son of the famous…

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On this day in 1941: The Massacre of Kondomari, Crete

On June 2, 1941, a brutal massacre took place in the village of Kondomari, 18km west of Chania. The Massacre…

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May 30, 1913: Southern Epirus, Macedonia and Aegean islands unify with Greece from Ottoman Empire

On this day in 1913, the Balkan League, consisting of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, utterly defeated the Ottoman Empire,…

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On this day in 1821, Papanikolis broke the Ottoman’s morale at Lesvos

The naval battle of Eressos is considered the first frontal naval battle by the Greek navy during the Greek Revolution…

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May 20 this year marks the 82nd anniversary of the start of the Battle of Crete

About 2,500 Greek Australians served in the Australian Defence Forces during World War Two, including 35 women who served in…

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On this day in 1941, Koukidis sacrificed himself to prevent Nazis from dishonouring the Greek flag

It's Sunday, April 27, 1941. A military procession, consisting of two motorcycles, a Kubelwagen and a truck, ascends from Thissio…

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Today Greece celebrates a national hero hero while Turkey celebrates the perpetrator of genocide

The tale of two stories, both nearly 100 years apart, and both are being celebrated today. One is considered a…

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Papadopoulos, a controversial Greek figure: From electrifying villages to betraying Cyprus

April 21, 1967, will be known as a day that forever changed Greek history when the military took over the…

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On this day in 1896, the first Modern Olympic Games begins in Athens

On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1,500 years after…

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On this day in 1930, Constantinople was renamed Istanbul

On this day in 1930, the name of Constantinople was officially changed to Istanbul by Ataturk's government, which requested all…

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On this day in 1966, ERT broadcasts for the first time

"As of today, the National Radio Foundation is introducing its new evening schedule for the technical tests of the experimental television…

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On this day in 1962, Pap Smear inventor Georgios Papanikolaou passes away

Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou (Γεώργιος Ν. Παπανικολάου) was a Greek physician who was a pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, and inventor…

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On this day in 1937, Pontian Greek resistance figure Efkleidis Kourtidis passes away

Efkleidis Kourtidis (Ευκλείδης Κουρτίδης) (1885 - February 10, 1937) Born in the town of Santa, south of Trapezounta in Pontos,…

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February 6, 1981- Queen Frederica, Queen of the Greeks passes away

On February 6, 1981, Queen Frederick, Queen of the Greeks during 1947-1964, thereafter Queen mother, passed away.   Queen Frederica…

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Commemorating Jews of Greece: International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Seventy-six years after the liberation of Auschwitz, Greece remembers the victims of the Nazi-perpetrated Holocaust, including tens of thousands of…

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On this day in 1906, Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis was born

Aristotle Socrates Onassis was born on the 20th January 1906 in Smyrna and passed away March 15, 1975, aged 69.…

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On this day in 1944, Dekemvriana shots are fired in Athens

On December 3, 1944, the first Dekemvriana (Δεκεμβριανά) shots were fired in Athens, beginning one of the saddest and bloodiest…

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