1957

Events

January

• January 10: EOKA fighter Fotis Pittas is arrested by the British.
• January 18: EOKA guerilla fighter, Markos Drakos, is ambushed and slain by the British at Solea, Cyprus.

February

• February 14: The trial of EOKA fighter, Evagoras Pallikaridis, commences.
• February 17: EOKA fighter Stylianos Lenas is wounded in a battle with British soldiers.

March

• March 2: The Battle of Machairas begins as the British come upon the cave where Grigoris Afxentiou and his men were hiding out.
• March 3: The Battle of Machairas concludes in the early hours of the morning, with the death by burning of Grigoris Afxentiou.
• March 14: Evagoras Pallikaridis is hanged in the Central Jail of Lefkosia.
• March 28:EOKA fighter Stylianos Lenas dies from his injuries.

April

• April 17: Archbishop Makarios III receives a hero's welcome in Athens upon his return from the Seychelles where he had been exiled by the British.
• April 25: A major earthquake (7.2 on the Richter scale) strikes Rhodes and the surrounding areas including the neighbouring Turkish coasts.

May

• May 15: Stadiou and Akadimias become one way streets in Athens.
• May 31: Former ELAS commander Stefanos Sarafis is killed by a car driven by a US NCO. EDA calls it premeditated murder.

June

• June 19: Archbishop Makarios III presents to the world a list of well-documented, specific cases of torture that have taken place in Cyprus during Sir John Harding's administration.

July

• July 15: Panathinaikos and Olympiakos draw 0-0 in the first playoff for the league title.
• July 18: Olympiakos defeat Panathinaikos 1-0 in their second playoff game and win the 1957 league title.

August

• August 7: Theocletus II is elected Archbishop of Athens.

October

• October 22: Sir John Harding resigns as military governor of Cyprus

November

• November 22: The elementary school diploma becomes a necessary certification for any kind of job in Greece. More evening schools are created to combat illiteracy.

Births

January

• January 1: Evangelos Venizelos, politician
• January 31: Nikos Vamvakoulas, footballer

February

• February 16: Roula Koromila, TV presenter

April

• April 29: Sofia Sakorafa, athlete

July

• July 23: Nikos Galis, basketball player

August

• August 23: Tasos Mitropoulos, footballer, politician

December

• December 20: Anna Vissi, singer
• December 30: Nikos Portokaloglou, singer, songwriter

Deaths

January

• January 18: Markos Drakos, EOKA fighter.

February

• February 23: Marika Ninou, singer.

March

• March 3: Grigoris Afxentiou, second in command of EOKA.
• March 14: Evagoras Pallikaridis, EOKA fighter.
• March 28: Stylianos Lenas, EOKA fighter

May

• May 31: Stefanos Sarafis, commander of ELAS during the Axis occupation.

July

• July 26: Dorotheus, Archbishop of Athens.

October

• October 26: Nikos Kazantzakis, writer.

November

• November 25: Prince George of Greece, former High Commissioner of Crete.
• November 25: Michail Stefanidis, member of the Academy of Athens
• November 26: Petros Voulgaris, Admiral, Prime Minister

December

• December 10: Napoleon Zervas, resistance leader, politician