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*[[May 1]]: [[Christos Ladas]], Minister of Justice | *[[May 1]]: [[Christos Ladas]], Minister of Justice | ||
*[[May 8]]: [[George Polk]], American journalist covering the [[Greek Civil War]] | *[[May 8]]: [[George Polk]], American journalist covering the [[Greek Civil War]] | ||
| − | * | + | *[[May 22]]: [[Georgios Tsolakoglou]], general and quisling PM of Greece |
[[Category:Years]] | [[Category:Years]] | ||
[[Category:1948]] | [[Category:1948]] | ||
Revision as of 16:17, December 4, 2009
Events
January
- January 9: The Hellenic Parliament passes Law 518 annexing the Dodecanese islands.
February
- February 9: A major earthquake (7.1 on the Richter scale) strikes the island of Karpathos.
- 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 3: Manolis Glezos goes on trial for his political convictions.
- March 7: The Dodecanese officially become part of Greece.
April
- April 15: The Greek A Army Corps, under Gen Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, conducts a mop-up operation, throughout Central Greece, against the Democratic Army of Greece, during the Greek Civil War. This operation was codenamed "Dawn".
- April 22: A strong earthquake (6.5 on the Richter scale) destroys much of Lefkada.
- April 23: Greece play their first post-WW II football game and lose 1-3 to Turkey at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.
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.
- June 30: A strong earthquake (6.4 on the Richter scale) strikes Lefkada adding to the destruction of another earthquake on April 22 of the same year.
July
- July 3: The Corinth Canal, which was rendered useless by the retreating Germans, is put into operation again.
August
- August 21: The national forces abandon "Operation Coronis" in the Greek Civil War.
September
- September 3: Marshall Tito shuts down the training camps of the Democratic Army of Greece in Yugoslavia.
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
January
- January 4: Kostas Davourlis, footballer
- January 20: Dimitris Dimitriou, footballer
March
- March 8: Popi Asteriadi, singer
April
- April 2: Dimitris Mitropanos, singer
- April 30: Alexander Onassis
May
- May 21: Giorgos Georgiadis, athlete (hammer throw)
July
- July 21: Cat Stevens, Greek-British singer
- July 27: Pavlos Sidiropoulos, rock musician
August
- August 7: Antonis Vardis, singer
- August 10: Ioannis Kasoulidis, Cypriot politician.
September
- September 13: Dimitri Nanopoulos, physicist
December
- December 7: Lakis Papadopoulos (Λάκης με τα ψηλά ρεβέρ), musician, songwriter
- December 10: Dusan Bajevic, football player and coach
- December 11: Stamatis Spanoudakis, music composer
Deaths
May
- May 1: Christos Ladas, Minister of Justice
- May 8: George Polk, American journalist covering the Greek Civil War
- May 22: Georgios Tsolakoglou, general and quisling PM of Greece