Tag: Greek history

ON THIS DAY: Athens Polytechnic Uprising (1973)

On this Day November 17, 2025 at 20:31

A day that defined resistance to Greece’s junta On 17 November 1973, the Athens Polytechnic Uprising reached its devastating conclusion as the Greek military junta deployed tanks...

ON THIS DAY: Alexander the Great dies at 32 (323 BC)

On this Day June 13, 2025 at 14:59

The boy who conquered the known world- and then kept going On 13 June 323 BC, Alexander the Great died in Babylon at just 32....

Εάλω η Πόλις- The City has fallen

On this Day May 29, 2025 at 13:31

On a sunny Tuesday in May, the Queen of Cities fell. And Greeks have never stopped mourning her. 29 May 1453. The day the world...

Pontic genocide remembrance day- the massacre of Santa’s infants

Greece May 19, 2025 at 11:27

Commemoration and remembrance: On 19 May 1919, Mustafa Kemal landed in Samsun, marking the beginning of one of the darkest and bloodiest periods for the...

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