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===January===
 
===January===
 
*[[January 25]]: [[Dimitrios Maximos]] forms an all-inclusive government with political opponents [[Sophoklis Venizelos]] and [[Konstantinos Tsaldaris]] serving as his two vice-presidents
 
*[[January 25]]: [[Dimitrios Maximos]] forms an all-inclusive government with political opponents [[Sophoklis Venizelos]] and [[Konstantinos Tsaldaris]] serving as his two vice-presidents
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===March===
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*[[March 20]]: [[Yiannis Zevgos]], a communist former Minister of Agriculture, is slain by right-wing extremists in [[Thessaloniki]].
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===April===
 
===April===
 
*[[April 1]]: [[King George II]] of [[Greece]] dies suddenly of a heart attack. He is succeeded by his brother [[King Paul]].
 
*[[April 1]]: [[King George II]] of [[Greece]] dies suddenly of a heart attack. He is succeeded by his brother [[King Paul]].

Revision as of 11:19, August 30, 2006

Events

January

March

April

August

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

November

  • 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.

December

Births

February

October

December