Difference between revisions of "1957"

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January 10: EOKA fighter Fotis Pittas is arrested by the British.
January 18: EOKA guerilla fighter, Markos Drakos, is ambushed and slain by the British at Solea, Cyprus.

February 17: EOKA fighter Stylianos Lenas is wounded in a battle with British soldiers.

March 2: The Battle of Machairas begins as the British come upon the cave where Grigoris Afxentiou and his men were hiding out.
March 3: The Battle of Machairas concludes in the early hours of the morning, with the death by burning of Grigoris Afxentiou.
March 14: Evagoras Pallikaridis is hanged in the Central Jail of Lefkosia.
March 28:EOKA fighter Stylianos Lenas dies from his injuries.

June 19: Archbishop Makarios III presents to the world a list of well-documented, specific cases of torture that have taken place in Cyprus during Sir John Harding's administration.

November 22: The elementary school diploma becomes a necessary certification for any kind of job in Greece. More evening schools are created to combat illiteracy.

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 ==Events==
 ===January===
-*[[January 18]]: [[EOKA]] guerilla fighter, [[Markos Drakos]], is ambushed and slain by the British at [[Solea]], [[Cyprus]].
+*[[January 10]]: [[EOKA]] fighter [[Fotis Pittas]] is arrested by the British.
+*[[January 18]]: [[EOKA]] guerilla fighter, [[Markos Drakos]], is ambushed and slain by the British at [[Solea]], [[Cyprus]].
 ===February===
 *[[February 17]]: [[EOKA]] fighter [[Stylianos Lenas]] is wounded in a battle with British soldiers.