A precursor to the fateful events that would happen less than a decade later in…
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On This Day June 3, 1941: What Happened to Cretan Villagers Who Resisted Invading Nazis?
The answer: Complete annihilation of their village and the massacre of 180 innocent Cretan civilians.…
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On This Day May 13, 1883: Remembering Dr. George Papanikolaou Whose Pap Smear Has Saved Millions of Women
Dr. George Papanikolaou is celebrated for inventing the Pap test, which detects early signs of uterine…
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A 17-year-old boy named Mathios Potagas from the village of Vytina in the Arcadia province…
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On this day in 1941, the Nazi German army entered the Greek capital of Athens,…
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More than 50 years ago, the Greek basketball club AEK made not only national history,…
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On This Day February 21, 1909: When Greeks of Omaha Were Targeted… Just Because They Were Greek
On this day in South Omaha, Nebraska, thousands of Greeks fled their homes in the…
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The invading Nazis faced resistance even before they landed on the island of Crete with…
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In December of 1949, the millionth ton of Marshall Plan aid reached Greece and prompted…
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On This Day December 15, 1959: First U.S. President to Visit Greece Concludes Historic Trip
It was December of 1959, and the United States was in the heat of the…