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*[[July 16]]: [[Andreas Karios]], [[EOKA]] fighter | *[[July 16]]: [[Andreas Karios]], [[EOKA]] fighter | ||
Revision as of 12:27, May 24, 2007
Contents
Events
March
- March 9: Panaitolikos is founded.
- March 15: Pavlos Kountouriotis resigns the Presidency of Greece to protest the excesses of the Theodoros Pangalos regime.
- March 20: The Athens Academy is founded.
- March 31: The law prohibiting short skirts is abolished in Greece.
April
- April 28: PAOK is founded in Thessaloniki.
- April 30: Education of all children between 6 and 14 years of age becomes mandatory in Greece.
August
- August 23: A military movement by Gen. Georgios Kondilis brings down the Pangalos dictatorship.
- August 24: Pavlos Kountouriotis is restored to the Presidency of Greece following the ouster of Theodoros Pangalos.
November
- November 7: Elections are held in Greece following the ouster of Theodoros Pangalos.
- November 8: APOEL FC is founded, in a Lefkosia patisserie, by a group of 40 sports-minded Cypriots.
- November 14: The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) is founded by the local associations of Athens, Piraeus and Macedonia.
Births
January
- January 8: Yiannis Christou, classical composer.
- January 23: Kyriakos Matsis, EOKA fighter.
February
- February 10: Kostas Mountakis, Cretan singer.
March
- March 12: Giorgos Darivas, Olympiakos striker in the 1950s.
- March 29: Kostas Virvos, songwriter.
April
- April 3: Alex Grammas, Greek-American baseball player and coach
May
- Date Unknown: Thanasis Veggos
July
- July 16: Andreas Karios, EOKA fighter
August
- August 8: George Livanos, shipowner
- August 15: Kostis Stephanopoulos, politician and statesman
November
- November 26: Panos Gavalas, popular singer
December
- December 5: George Savalas, Greek-American actor
