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1959
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===October===
*[[October 25]]: Greek [[Football A Division]] championship league is officially born
*[[October 28]]: The electricity plant of [[Ptolemaida]] begins its operations*[[October 29]]: An [[Olympic Airlines|Olympic Airways]] Douglas Aircraft Company DC-3 crashes near [[Athens]]. All 18 passengers and crew members perish.
===December===
*[[December 13]]: Archbishop [[Makarios III]] is elected first President of [[Cyprus#Republic_of_Cyprus|the Republic of Cyprus]], receiving 66.29% of the vote against 32.92% of [[Ioannis Clerides]]