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*[[December 8]]: [[Giorgos Karafeskos]], footballer. | *[[December 8]]: [[Giorgos Karafeskos]], footballer. | ||
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==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
Revision as of 08:01, August 4, 2011
Events
February
- February 12: The second general council of the Communist Party of Greece takes place which decides to boycott the upcoming elections in favour of armed struggle.
- February 20: Sophocles Venizelos found the Venizelist Liberal Party.
- February 20: Maximus V is elected Patriarch of Constantinople.
March
- March 31: The first post-WW II elections are held in Greece. Stylianos Gonatas' Laiko Komma emerges victorious. The elections were boycotted by the Communist Party of Greece.
- March 31: Communist forces attack Litochoro starting the 3rd phase of the Greek Civil War.
April
- April 4: Panagiotis Poulitsas forms a government.
- April 18: Konstantinos Tsaldaris forms a government.
- April 20: Stelios Kyriakidis wins the Boston Marathon with a record-breaking time of 2hr 29m 27s. His record will stand until the late 1960s. After finishing the race, Kyriakidis comments to the US media: "Please, don't forget my country!"
June
- June 17: The Greek Parliament controversially votes into law the Emergency Measures Act which allows the death penalty for those that "work against public order and the territorial integrity of the state"
- June 27: The foreign ministers of the Great Powers decide in Paris to award the Dodecanese to Greece.
July
- July 1: The first eleven special military courts are set up in Greece following the Emergency Measures Act of June 17.
September
- September 1: A referendum is held on the return of King George II. According to the official results, 68.3% of the electorate approve his return.
- September 28: King George II is formally recalled to the throne after a very controversial referendum.
December
- December 22: Exiled Metropolitan Makarios of Kyrenia - the future Archbishop Makarios II of Cyprus - returns to Cyprus to a tumulteous welcome.
Births
March
- March 8: Yiannis Parios, singer
April
- April 1: Nikitas Kaklamanis, Mayor of Athens
- April 14: Michalis Sarris, Minister for the Economy of the Republic of Cyprus.
May
- May 11: Milton Viera, footballer
June
- June 15: Demis Roussos, singer
- June 28: Charalambos Garganourakis, Cretan musician.
August
- August 29: Dimitris Christofias, Cypriot politician
- August 30: former Queen Anna Maria of Greece
September
- September 27: Nikos Anastasiadis, Cypriot politician.
November
- November 6: Romain Argyroudis, footballer
- November 23: Giorgos Koudas, football player
December
- December 8: Giorgos Karafeskos, footballer.
- December 22: Giorgos Gonios, footballer
- December 28: Lefteris Poupakis, footballer
Deaths
February
- February 17: Patriarch Benjamin
August
- August 28: Georgios Kaphantaris, politician
October
- October 26: Ioannis Rallis, politician
Unknown
- Pantelis Karasevdas, Olympics shooter