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Sunday, April 20, 2014

On this Day in Greece

April 19th is the anniversary of the death of British poet turned Greek folk hero Lord Byron, who succumbed to pneumonia in Messolonghi on this date in 1824. In 2008, Greece decided to make his deathday a holiday for the celebration of Greek culture.

READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT gogreece.about.com