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==Events==
===January===
*[[January 1911]]: Communist forces enter raid [[KarpenisiNaousa]] during the [[Greek Civil War]].*[[January 15]]: National forces re-take [[Naousa]]. *[[January 19]]: Communist forces enter [[Karpenisi]]. They will hold it three days.
===February===
*[[February 6]]: The [[Communist Party of Greece]] (KKE) purges many high officials among them [[Markos Vafiadis]].
*[[February 7]]: [[Nikolaos Zachariadis]] replaces [[Markos Vafiadis]] as [[Heads of Provisional Democratic Government|head of the "Provisional Democratic Government"]].
*[[February 2312]]: During the [[Greek Civil War]], communist forces are repelled at [[Florina]].
*[[February 28]]: During the [[Greek Civil War]], government forces discover the secret location of the printing press of the communist newspaper "Morias".
===March===
*[[March 22]]: Communists blow up the power station of Xylokastro but are slain by national forces.
===April===
*[[April 3]]: Israel and Jordan agree to a cessation of hostilities on the island of [[Rhodes]].
*[[April 3]]: [[Mitsos Partsalidis]] replaces [[Nikolaos Zachariadis]] as [[Heads of Provisional Democratic Government|head of the "Provisional Democratic Government"]].
*[[April 13]]: The [[George Polk |Polk]] trial starts in [[Thessaloniki]], [[Greece]]. [[George Polk|Polk]] was an American journalist mysteriously murdered during the [[Greek Civil War]].
*[[April 21]]: [[Gregorios Staktopoulos]] is convicted of the murder of journalist, [[George Polk]] and sentenced to life imprisonment.
*[[April 30]]: Two new [[prefecture]]s are formed by law: [[Corinthia]] and [[Pieria]].
===June===
*[[June 6]]: [[Ioannina]] Metropolitan [[Spyridon I|Spyridon]] is elected [[Archbishop of Athens]].
*[[June 6]]: A TAE DC-3 crashes at Kakosalesi resulting in the deaths of four crew members and 18 passengers.
*[[June 24]]: Prime Minister [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]] dies in office. He is succeeded by [[Alexandros Diomedes]].
===July===
*[[July 10]]: Marshall Tito closes the border between Yugoslavia and Greece. This action led to the rapid defeat of the communists during the [[Greek Civil War]].
*[[July 23]]: A powerful earthquake (6.7 on the Richter scale) strikes the island of [[Chios]].
*[[July 23]]: The [[Cyprus National Football Team]] play their first international: a 3-0 loss to Israel in Tel-Aviv.
*[[July 29]]: 700 political prisoners are released from [[Makronisos]] after signing an affidavit of repentance.
===November===
*[[November 18]]: The UN General Assembly passes resolution 288, calling on all states to repatriate Greek children that were taken during the [[Greek Civil War]] to Eastern Bloc countries.
*[[November 25]]: The [[National Football Team]] of Greece defeat Syria 8-0 in their greatest win ever. [[Antonis Papantoniou]] (3), [[Angelos Vasiliadis]] (2), [[Kleanthis Maropoulos]] and [[Yiannis Nembidis]] (2) were the scorers.
===December===
*[[December 16]]: Under Prime Minister [[Alexandros Diomedes]], the martial law that was in place for the [[Hellenic Civil War]] was lifted in most areas of the country.
===April===
*[[April 4]]: [[Litsa Diamanti]], singer
*[[April 24]]: [[Paschalis Terzis]], singer
===June===
*[[June 20]]: [[Vassilis Papakonstantinou]], singer
===July===
*[[July 12]]: [[George Souris]], [[Greek-Australian]] politician
*[[July 26]]: [[Walter Wagner]], footballer
===August===
*[[August 20]]: [[Nikolas Asimos]], singer
*[[November 19]]: [[Panos Kokkinopoulos]], movie director
===December===
*[[December 11]]: [[Dimitris Kokolakis]], [[basketball]] player.
*[[December 11]]: [[Eleni Gerasimidou]], actress.
*[[December 17]]: [[Sotiris Kaiafas]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] footballer.
*[[December 21]]: [[Nikolaos Sifounakis]], politician.
==Deaths==
===March===
*[[March 11]]: [[Anastasios Charalabis]], interim Prime Minister of Greece.
===May===
*[[May 20]]: [[Archbishop Damaskinos]]
===June===
*[[June 24]]: [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]], incumbent prime minister ===July===*Date Unknown: [[Aristides Stergiadis]], former High Commissioner of [[Smyrna]].
===September===
*[[September 19]]: [[Nikos Skalkotas]], composer
*[[September 28]]: [[Chrysanthus]], [[Archbishop of Athens]].
