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*[[March 12]]: The Truman Doctrine is announced making aid available to the Greek government.  
 
*[[March 12]]: The Truman Doctrine is announced making aid available to the Greek government.  
 
*[[March 20]]: [[Yiannis Zevgos]], a communist former Minister of Agriculture, is slain by right-wing extremists in [[Thessaloniki]].
 
*[[March 20]]: [[Yiannis Zevgos]], a communist former Minister of Agriculture, is slain by right-wing extremists in [[Thessaloniki]].
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*[[March 31]]: Brig Gen A.S. Parker transfers military command of the [[Dodecanese]] islands to Vice Admiral Pericles Ioannidis of the [[Hellenic Navy]].
  
 
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Events

January

February

March

April

June

  • June 5: The Marshall Plan is announced to help Greece - as well as Turkey - in the struggle against Communism.

August

  • August 3: Maria Callas makes her first impressive appearance in the arena of Verona with "La Gioconda" by Ponchielli.

November

  • November 7: 85-year old Themistoklis Sofoulis forms a government incorporating elements of both the Liberal and Popular parties.
  • November 20: In a lavish wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, Princess Elizabeth marries her distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten, a dashing former prince of Greece and Denmark who renounced his titles in order to marry the English princess.
  • November 29: Greece votes against the partition of Palestine. The resolution, however, passes in the UN by 33 to 13 with 10 abstentions.

December

Births

January

February

March

April

June

August

October

December

Deaths

April

May