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What Happened in the World 100 Years Ago - 03/25/1924
Athens Assembly made Greece a republic
[Athens Assembly made Greece a republic] Greece was a republic. King George II had been deposed in favor of a non-royal government, and unless the popular referendum springed a surprise on the overconfident Greek republicans the familiar title of King of the Lellenes would be relegated to the past. The day found Athens in a holiday mood with people displaying small flags inscribed, "Republic and Reconciliation." Thus ended, the republicans hoped, the torment to recent Greek history, which saw the death of King Alexander, the restoration of King Constantine, a defeat in the war against their ancient rival, Turkey, an antiroyalist revolution and the subequent abdication by Constantine in favor of Crown Prince George. With George's dethronement, the republic began.
[中文] 雅典议会使希腊成为一个共和国 --- [more]
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