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*[[March 28]]:[[EOKA]] fighter [[Stylianos Lenas]] dies from his injuries. | *[[March 28]]:[[EOKA]] fighter [[Stylianos Lenas]] dies from his injuries. | ||
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| + | *[[April 17]]: Archbishop [[Makarios III]] receives a hero's welcome in [[Athens]] upon his return from the Seychelles where he had been exiled by the British. | ||
*[[April 25]]: A major earthquake (7.2 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Rhodes]] and the surrounding areas including the neighbouring Turkish coasts. | *[[April 25]]: A major earthquake (7.2 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Rhodes]] and the surrounding areas including the neighbouring Turkish coasts. | ||
Revision as of 15:58, February 5, 2010
Events
January
- 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 14: The trial of EOKA fighter, Evagoras Pallikaridis, commences.
- February 17: EOKA fighter Stylianos Lenas is wounded in a battle with British soldiers.
March
- 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.
April
- April 17: Archbishop Makarios III receives a hero's welcome in Athens upon his return from the Seychelles where he had been exiled by the British.
- April 25: A major earthquake (7.2 on the Richter scale) strikes Rhodes and the surrounding areas including the neighbouring Turkish coasts.
May
- May 15: Stadiou and Akadimias become one way streets in Athens.
- May 31: Former ELAS commander Stefanos Sarafis is killed by a car driven by a US NCO. EDA calls it premeditated murder.
June
- 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.
August
- August 7: Theocletus II is elected Archbishop of Athens.
October
- October 22: Sir John Harding resigns as military governor of Cyprus
November
- 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.
Births
January
- January 1: Evangelos Venizelos, politician
February
- February 16: Roula Koromila, TV presenter
April
- April 29: Sofia Sakorafa, athlete
July
- July 23: Nikos Galis, basketball player
August
- August 23: Tasos Mitropoulos, footballer, politician
December
- December 20: Anna Vissi, singer
- December 30: Nikos Portokaloglou, singer, songwriter
Deaths
January
- January 18: Markos Drakos, EOKA fighter.
March
- March 3: Grigoris Afxentiou, second in command of EOKA.
- March 14: Evagoras Pallikaridis, EOKA fighter.
- March 28: Stylianos Lenas, EOKA fighter
May
- May 31: Stefanos Sarafis, commander of ELAS during the Axis occupation.
July
October
- October 26: Nikos Kazantzakis, writer.
November
- November 25: Prince George of Greece, former High Commissioner of Crete.
- November 26: Petros Voulgaris, Admiral, Prime Minister
Unknown
- Napoleon Zervas, resistance leader, politician