The Greek Destroyer That Sailed 730 Miles With No Bow
On October 22, 1943, a German mine detonated near Kalymnos and blew the entire bow off the Greek destroyer Adrias. The explosion killed 21 men and wounded 30…
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Hislop: “4,000 Greek Children Sold to American Couples Like a Commodity”
Victoria Hislop’s new novel “The Wine-Dark Sea” has landed on the Times bestseller lists in the UK, and the story behind it is as harrowing as the history it…
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The Greek Archaeologist Who Found Philip II’s Tomb Was Born on This Day in 1919
Manolis Andronikos was born 107 years ago today, on October 23, 1919, in Prusa (modern-day Bursa) in Asia Minor. He went on to become one of the most…
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The Martyrdom of Chrysostomos: What the West Never Talked About After Smyrna 1922
In September 1922, as Smyrna burned, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Chrysostomos Kalafatis was handed over to a mob by Turkish forces and killed in the…
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The Greek Immigrant Who Sold Peanuts to Five US Presidents
A Greek immigrant from Laconia ran a peanut cart outside the White House for decades and became one of the most unlikely figures in American political history…
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23 Years Ago, Greece’s Top Student Was Banned From Carrying the Flag. Twice.
On October 22, 2003, Odysseas Tsenai stepped aside for the second time. He was the top student at his lyceum in Thessaloniki, but a parents’ association…
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Greece Marks 122 Years Since Pavlos Melas Fell in Macedonia
Greece commemorated the Day of the Macedonian Struggle on Sunday in the northern village of Melas, formerly known as Statista, in Kastoria. The ceremony marked…
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199 Years Ago Today, One Battle Ended the Ottoman Empire’s Grip on Greece
On October 20, 1827, the Greek Revolution nearly died before it could succeed. By that point, Greeks had been fighting for six years and were running out of…
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The Ottoman Commander Who Handed Thessaloniki to Greece, Then Died in Exile
114 years ago this month, Greek forces fought the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War at Giannitsa, a confrontation that determined whether Thessaloniki…
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Italy May Force Greece to Hand Back Fagan Fragment
A deal Greece called a blueprint for getting the Parthenon Marbles back is now under legal fire in Italy, and Athens could be forced to return the ancient…
