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'''Giorgos Charalambous''' was a [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] fighter during the [[EOKA]] struggle against the British ([[1955]] - [[1959]]).
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==Events==
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*[[843]]: [[Methodius I of Constantinople|Methodius]] becomes [[Patriarch of Constantinople]].
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*[[1937]]: Social Security ([[IKA]]) is established in [[Greece]].
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*[[1956]]: 17-year old [[EOKA]] fighter, [[Giorgos Charalambous]], is killed in [[Limassol]].
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*[[1964]]: The UN authorises a force "[[UNFICYP]]" to be sent to [[Cyprus]].
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*[[1964]]: Armenians are evicted from the Turkish sector of [[Nicosia]]. A total of 231 previously Armenian houses are taken over by Turkish-Cypriots.
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*[[1972]]: The US resumes economic and military aid to the [[Junta|Military regime]] of [[Greece]].
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*[[2013]]:  Former Minister [[Akis Tsochatzopoulos]] is sentenced to eight years in jail and a €520,000 fine for failure to disclose certain assets during his term as MP.
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===Sports===
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*[[1972]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] defeat Italy 2-1 in a friendly at [[Karaiskaki Stadium]]. [[Antonis Antoniadis]] and [[Spyros Pomonis]] score the Greek goals.
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*[[2009]]: [[Panserraikos FC|Panserraikos]] stun [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] 3-2 in [[Athens]] and eliminate them from the [[Greek Football Cup]].
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*[[2017]]: [[Katerina Stefanidi]] wins the gold medal in the women's [[pole vault]], with 4.85m, at the European Indoor Championships of Belgrade.
  
Charalambous was born in [[1938]] in [[Kyperounta]], [[Lemesos province]], one of four children of Charalambos Themistokleous and Melani Charalambous. He worked as a builder and joined EOKA when the struggle for [[Enosis]] with [[Greece]] broke out in [[1955]].
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==Births==
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*[[1940]]: [[Giorgos Koinousis]], songwriter, singer
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*[[1947]]: [[Totis Fylakouris]], footballer
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==Deaths==
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*[[1958]]: [[Alexandros Touferis]], athlete
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*[[2008]]: [[Elena Nathanail]], actress
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*[[2023]]: [[Christos Zanteroglou]], footballer
  
On the night of [[March 4]], [[1956]], he joined others in bomb attacks against British soldiers in the city of [[Limassol]]. One such bomb exploded in his hand and killed him. The British authorities after an autopsy to determine the cause of death, ordered that he be buried immediately.
 
  
At the time of his death Giorgos Charalambous was 18 years old.
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[[Category:1938 births|Charalambous, Giorgos]]
 
[[Category:1956 deaths|Charalambous, Giorgos]]
 

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