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*[[June 16]]: [[Aris Velouchiotis]] blows himself up with a hand grenade to avoid arrest. The former [[EAM]] leader had been denounced by the [[Greek Communist Party]] and was wanted by both royalists and communists. | *[[June 16]]: [[Aris Velouchiotis]] blows himself up with a hand grenade to avoid arrest. The former [[EAM]] leader had been denounced by the [[Greek Communist Party]] and was wanted by both royalists and communists. | ||
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| + | *[[December 31]]: [[Athens]] [[Archbishop Damaskinos]] becomes the Regent for [[King George II]] who has not yet returned to [[Greece]]. | ||
== Births == | == Births == | ||
Revision as of 11:21, September 5, 2006
Events
January
- January 3: General Nikolaos Plastiras forms a government in the midst of the post-World War II crisis. His greatest achievement will be the Varkiza Agreement.
February
- February 12: The Varkiza Agreement is signed - it was an agreement that terminated institutionally the political and military fighting of December 1944 ("December events") and aimed at reconciliating the opposite blocs of the country.
March
- March 23: DDT arrives in Greece to combat malaria.
June
- June 16: Aris Velouchiotis blows himself up with a hand grenade to avoid arrest. The former EAM leader had been denounced by the Greek Communist Party and was wanted by both royalists and communists.
December
- December 31: Athens Archbishop Damaskinos becomes the Regent for King George II who has not yet returned to Greece.
Births
January
- January 29: Aleka Kanellidou, singer
February
- February 13 - Christos Terzanidis football player.