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==Events==
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===January===
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*[[January 26]]: Greek forces suffer their first casualties in the [[Korean War]]: 3 dead, 2 wounded, 1 missing in action at Hill 406 north of Inchon.
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===April===
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*[[April 1]]: The [[Greek Parliament]] approves the law giving women the right to vote.
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*[[April 15]]: Conservatives win the first post-[[WW II]] mayoral elections in [[Athens]], [[Thessaloniki]] and [[Piraeus]].
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===May===
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*[[May 31]]: Right-wing officers belonging to [[IDEA]] stage an attempted coup which ends after the intervention of Gen [[Alexandros Papagos]].
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===July===
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*[[July 22]]: [[King Paul]] urges Greek political parties to form a wide coalition.
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===August===
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*[[August 1]]: The [[United Democratic Left]] (EDA) party is founded by leftists.
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*[[August 16]]: [[Jason Zirganos]] swims across the English Channel in 14hrs 1min.
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===September===
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*[[September 9]]: Gen. [[Alexandros Papagos]] wins a small plurality (36.5%) in the general elections but is unable to form a government.
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*[[September 20]]: NATO accepts Greece and Turkey as new members.
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===October===
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*[[October 19]]: The trial of [[Nikos Beloyiannis]] commences.
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===November===
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*[[November 1]]: [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] forms a government
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*[[November 21]]: It is announced that the Prime Minister, general [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], is seriously ill. Vice President [[Sophoklis Venizelos]] returns urgently from his official visit to the United States.
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===December===
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*[[December 21]]: The [[Hellenic Parliament]] approves a new proposed Constitution for [[Greece]]. It will go into effect on [[January 2]], [[1952]] and will be known as the 1952 Constitution.
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==Births==
 
==Births==
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===February===
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*[[February 14]]: [[Christos Folias]], politician
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===April===
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*[[April 10]]: [[Kyriakos Onesiphorou]], athlete ([[400m]], [[200m]])
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===May===
 
===May===
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*[[May 8]]: [[Michalis Liapis]], politician
 
*[[May 23]]: [[Antonis Samaras]], politician
 
*[[May 23]]: [[Antonis Samaras]], politician
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===August===
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*[[August 27]]: [[Kikis Kazamias]], [[Cypriot]] politician.
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===November===
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*[[November 23]]: [[Maik Galakos]], footballer
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===Unknown===
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*[[Giorgos Delikaris]], footballer
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*[[Colonel Callan]], Greek-Cypriot mercenary.
  
 
==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
 
===January===
 
===January===
 
*[[January 3]]:  [[Georgios Drosinis]], writer, poet
 
*[[January 3]]:  [[Georgios Drosinis]], writer, poet
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*[[January 11]]: [[Grigorios Xenopoulos]], writer.
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===June===
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*[[June 19]]: [[Angelos Sikelianos]], poet
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*[[June 28]]: [[Konstantinos Sismanoglou]], national benefactor.
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===August===
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*[[August 6]]: [[Stylianos Seferiadis]], member of the [[Academy of Athens]].
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===October===
 
===October===
 
*[[October 10]]: [[Georgios Vlachos]], newspaper publisher.
 
*[[October 10]]: [[Georgios Vlachos]], newspaper publisher.

Revision as of 14:09, May 18, 2014

Events

January

  • January 26: Greek forces suffer their first casualties in the Korean War: 3 dead, 2 wounded, 1 missing in action at Hill 406 north of Inchon.

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Births

February

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October