More than 500,000 Greeks — 90 percent men — emigrated to the United States between…
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On This Day September 26, 1943: Nazis Massacre Thousands of Italian Soldiers in Kefalonia
Not many World War II history books cover the Nazi German massacre of nearly an…
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On This Day September 23-24, 1913: Remembering Greek Immigrant Coal Miners Who Fought Injustice
In September 1913, workers — including thousands of Greek immigrants — in one of America’s…
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On This Day September 22, 1924: First-Ever Greek Community Meeting With U.S. President
It was a blustery day in the nation’s capital as representatives of the recently-formed American…
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On This Day September 20, 1922: American Executes Amazing Plan, Saves Thousands of Greeks
On September 20, 1922, a single American named Asa Jennings set in motion a series…
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Soviet dictator Nikita Khrushchev arrived in Los Angeles on September 19, 1959 for a two-week…
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On This Day September 19, 1922: Ernest Hemingway Reports on Women Suffering in Smyrna
On September 19, 1922, as tens of thousands of refugees remained crammed onto Smyrna’s Quay,…
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Undoubtedly one of the world’s most famous women, Maria Callas took her last breath at…
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Remembering the American Who Saved 250,000 Greeks From Death in Smyrna
by Lou Ureneckby Lou UreneckThe final chapter of the genocide that swept Turkey at the beginning of the 20th…