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Events
January
- January 2: Greek-American diva Maria Callas leaves the set after the first act of "Norma", causing a stir in the audience which includes the President of Italy.
March
- March 12: Fotis Pittas, Andreas Karios and two other EOKA members escape from Pyla prison.
April
- April 20: Giorgos Darivas plays his last game for Olympiakos.
May
- May 11: Constantine Karamanlis is reelected PM with ERE winning 41.16% of the vote. Surprisingly, the United Democratic Left comes in second with 24.42%.
June
- June 7: Turkish-Cypriot extremists burn down the club offices of Olympiakos Lefkosia FC.
- June 12: Eight innocent, unarmed Greek Cypriot civilians, from Kondemenos village, are murdered by TMT terrorists near the village of Geunyeli. They had been dropped off at that location earlier by British soldiers.
July
- July 5: British troops fire upon civilian protesters in Avgorou, Cyprus, killing pregnant mother Loukia Papageorgiou.
September
- September 2: The Battle of Liopetri takes place; four EOKA members - Fotis Pittas, Andreas Karios, Christos Samaras and Elias Papakyriakou are killed.
- September 4: Greek Police announce that any and all "teddy boys" would be given a clean cut.
November
- November 19: After refusing to surrender, EOKA fighter Kyriakos Matsis is killed in Dikomo, Cyprus by the British.
- November 19: The first game on grass in Leoforos Alexandras Stadium (later renamed to Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium is a friendly between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos. Olympiakos wins with a goal by Elias Yfantis and a 1-0 score.
December
- December 29: OPAP is founded.
Births
January
- January 22: Nikos Anastopoulos, footballer.
April
- April 15: Memos Ioannou, basketball player and coach.
- April 26: Giorgos Kostikos, footballer and coach.
May
- May 4: Antonis Minou, footballer.
November
- November 6: Evanthia Reboutsika, musician, composer.
Deaths
January
- January 23: Nikolaos Georgantas, athlete
May
- May 22: Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer, colonial governor of Cyprus in the 1930s.
September
- September 2: Fotis Pittas, EOKA fighter
- September 2: Andreas Karios, EOKA fighter
- September 2: Christos Samaras, EOKA fighter
- September 2: Elias Papakyriakou, EOKA fighter
November
- November 19: Kyriakos Matsis, leading figure of the EOKA struggle in Cyprus.