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===March=== | ===March=== | ||
*[[March 4]]: 17-year old [[EOKA]] fighter, [[Giorgos Charalambous]], is killed in [[Limassol]]. | *[[March 4]]: 17-year old [[EOKA]] fighter, [[Giorgos Charalambous]], is killed in [[Limassol]]. | ||
| + | *[[March 29]]: [[Dorotheus]] is elected [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece. | ||
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===April=== | ===April=== | ||
*[[April 18]]: [[Maria Desylla]] becomes the first woman elected mayor of a Greek city ([[Kerkyra city|Kerkyra]]). | *[[April 18]]: [[Maria Desylla]] becomes the first woman elected mayor of a Greek city ([[Kerkyra city|Kerkyra]]). | ||
Revision as of 10:45, June 22, 2007
Events
January
- January 9: EOKA fighter, Kyriakos Matsis, is arrested, along with his brother Yiannakis, by the British.
February
- February 7: Student Petros Yiallouros, a member of ANE, is slain during a protest in Cyprus.
- February 29: Lina Tsaldari becomes the first woman Cabinet member. She is the widow of former PM Panagis Tsaldaris.
March
- March 4: 17-year old EOKA fighter, Giorgos Charalambous, is killed in Limassol.
- March 29: Dorotheus is elected Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.
April
- April 18: Maria Desylla becomes the first woman elected mayor of a Greek city (Kerkyra).
- April 23: EOKA fighter, Iakovos Patatsos, is arrested in Lefkosia for the murder of PC Nihat Basif.
May
- May 9: A huge protest in Athens, over the executions of Michalis Karaolis and Andreas Dimitriou, turns bloody as four protesters are killed and 164 are injured.
- May 10: Michalis Karaolis and Andreas Dimitriou become the first two Greek-Cypriots executed by the British during the EOKA campaign.
June
- June 10: The Lycabettus funicular came into operation
July
- July 9: A major earthquake (7.3 on the Richter scale) strikes Santorini resulting in 53 deaths and more than 100 injuries.
August
- August 9: Iakovos Patatsos, Charilaos Michail and Andreas Zakos are hanged by the British in the Central Jail of Lefkosia
- August 10: Phaedon Mattheou scores a personal record of 28 points against Syria (94-75) at Cairo for the pre-olympic tournament. Mattheou will score a total of 529 points in 44 matches with the national basketball team. In this match Vangelis Nikitopoulos will play for the second and last time in his career.
September
- September 21: Three EOKA members Andreas Panagidis, Michalis Koutsoftas and Stelios Mavrommatis are hanged by the British in Cyprus.
December
- December 18: Evagoras Pallikaridis is arrested in Cyprus by the British.
Births
September
- September 14: Costas Karamanlis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
October
- October 18: Giorgos Kimoulis, actor
- October 27: Babis Tsertos, musician, performer of traditional, folk and rebetiko songs
November
- November 13: Anna Verouli, athlete.
Deaths
February
- February 7: Petros Yiallouros, during the EOKA struggle.
- February 23: Marika Ninou, singer.
March
- March 4: Giorgos Charalambous, EOKA fighter
May
- May 10: Michalis Karaolis, EOKA fighter
- May 10: Andreas Dimitriou, EOKA fighter
August
- August 9: Iakovos Patatsos, EOKA fighter
- August 9: Charilaos Michail, EOKA fighter
- August 9: Andreas Zakos, EOKA fighter
September
- September 21: Andreas Panagidis, EOKA fighter.
- September 21: Michalis Koutsoftas, EOKA fighter.
- September 21: Stelios Mavrommatis, EOKA fighter.
November
- November 14: Queen Elisabeth of Greece (wife of King George II)
December
- December 31: Michalis Georgalas, EOKA fighter
Unknown
- Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, athlete
- Spyridon I, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece
- Emmanouil Tsouderos, banker, Prime Minister