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*[[July 22]]: [[King Paul]] urges Greek political parties to form a wide coalition. | *[[July 22]]: [[King Paul]] urges Greek political parties to form a wide coalition. | ||
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*[[August 16]]: [[Jason Zirganos]] swims across the English Channel in 14hrs 1min. | *[[August 16]]: [[Jason Zirganos]] swims across the English Channel in 14hrs 1min. | ||
Revision as of 22:28, January 11, 2009
Events
January
- January 26: Greek forces suffer their first casualties in the Korean War: 3 dead, 2 wounded, 1 missing in action at Hill 406 north of Inchon.
April
- April 1: The Greek Parliament approves the law giving women the right to vote.
- April 15: Conservatives win the mayoral elections in Athens, Thessaloniki and Piraeus.
July
August
- August 16: Jason Zirganos swims across the English Channel in 14hrs 1min.
September
- September 9: Gen. Alexandros Papagos wins a small plurality (36.5%) in the general elections but is unable to form a government.
- September 20: NATO accepts Greece and Turkey as new members.
October
- October 19: The trial of Nikos Beloyiannis commences.
November
- November 1: Nikolaos Plastiras forms a government
- November 21: It is announced that the Prime Minister, general Nikolaos Plastiras, is seriously ill. Vice President Sophoklis Venizelos returns urgently from his official visit to the United States.
Births
February
- February 14: Christos Folias, politician
May
- May 8: Michalis Liapis, politician
- May 23: Antonis Samaras, politician
November
- November 23: Maik Galakos, footballer
Unknown
- Giorgos Delikaris, footballer
- Colonel Callan, Greek-Cypriot mercenary.
Deaths
January
- January 3: Georgios Drosinis, writer, poet
- January 11: Grigorios Xenopoulos, writer.
June
- June 19: Angelos Sikelianos, poet
- June 28: Konstantinos Sismanoglou, national benefactor.
October
- October 10: Georgios Vlachos, newspaper publisher.