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*[[May 1]]: Justice Minister, [[Christos Ladas]], is assassinated during the [[Greek Civil War]]. | *[[May 1]]: Justice Minister, [[Christos Ladas]], is assassinated during the [[Greek Civil War]]. | ||
*[[May 8]]: American journalist, [[George Polk]], is murdered in [[Thessaloniki]]. | *[[May 8]]: American journalist, [[George Polk]], is murdered in [[Thessaloniki]]. | ||
| + | *[[May 16]]: The body of American journalist, [[George Polk]], who had been missing for days, is found by fisherman, Lambros Antonaros, floating in the [[Thermaic Gulf]]. | ||
===June=== | ===June=== | ||
Revision as of 11:12, September 4, 2006
Events
February
- February 18: The CISM is founded by member states Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Denmark and France in Nice, France. Greece will become member on March 8, 1950.
- February 24: American General James Van Fleet arrives in Greece to assist the national forces against the Democratic Army of Greece in the Greek Civil War.
March
- March 7: The Dodecanese officially become part of Greece.
May
- May 1: Justice Minister, Christos Ladas, is assassinated during the Greek Civil War.
- May 8: American journalist, George Polk, is murdered in Thessaloniki.
- May 16: The body of American journalist, George Polk, who had been missing for days, is found by fisherman, Lambros Antonaros, floating in the Thermaic Gulf.
June
- June 14: Operation Coronis is put into effect during the Greek Civil War by the national forces. Its aim is to drive out the Communists from the northern Pindus mountains.
August
- August 21: The national forces abandon "Operation Coronis" in the Greek Civil War.
October
- October 31: The last entry in Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof's log reads: «Συνήθης εν όρμω υπηρεσία. Κινήσεις συμφώνως τω πίνακι. Εκτακτον ουδέν»
November
- November 1: Archbishop Athenagoras is elected Ecumenical Patriarch.
Births
April
July
- July 27: Pavlos Sidiropoulos, rock musician
December
- December 7: Lakis Papadopoulos (Λάκης με τα ψηλά ρεβέρ), musician, songwriter
- December 11: Stamatis Spanoudakis, music composer