1945

Events

January

• January 3: General Nikolaos Plastiras forms a government in the midst of the post-World War II crisis. His greatest achievement will be the Varkiza Agreement.

February

• February 12: The Varkiza Agreement is signed - it was an agreement that terminated institutionally the political and military fighting of December 1944 ("December events") and aimed at reconciliating the opposite blocs of the country.

March

• March 7: Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras rules out Communists for his cabinet.
• March 23: DDT arrives in Greece to combat malaria.

April

• April 8: Petros Voulgaris forms a government.
• April 9: Greece resumes diplomatic relations with Argentina.

June

• June 16: Aris Velouchiotis blows himself up with a hand grenade to avoid arrest. The former EAM leader had been denounced by the Greek Communist Party and was wanted by both royalists and communists.

November

• November 1: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos forms a government.
• November 22: Themistoklis Sofoulis forms a government.

December

• December 31: Athens Archbishop Damaskinos becomes the Regent for King George II who has not yet returned to Greece.

Births

January

• January 10: Jenny Vanou, popular Elafro singer.
• January 29: Aleka Kanellidou, singer

February

• February 13: Christos Terzanidis football player.

March

• March 3: George Miller, Greek-Australian producer, director

May

• May 21: Nikos Sismanidis, basketball player.

June

• June 7: Petros Galaktopoulos, Graeco-Roman wrestler
• June 24: Nora Valsami, actress

July

• July 26: Panagiotis Pikrammenos, Prime Minister

August

• August 15: Loukas Louka, athlete (shot put)

November

• November 5: Aleka Papariga, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Greece

Unknown

• Antonis Antoniadis, footballer
• Yiannis Ioannidis, basketball coach, politician
• Dimitris Paridis, footballer
• Themis Rigas, footballer

Deaths

June

• June 16: Aris Velouchiotis, communist resistance leader