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Events
January
- January 9: Crown Prince Paul of Greece marries Princess Frederika in Athens.
- January 22: Greece defeat Palestine 3-1 in Tel Aviv (Kleanthis Vikelidis 2, Antonis Migiakis 1). It is the first away victory for the National Football Team. From 1929 till the beginning of the war Greece played only 32 matches.
June
- June 2: The RHS Vasilissa Olga is launched.
- June 12: Panathinaikos go ahead of Olympiakos 4-0 by the 59th minute of play but Yiannis Vazos proceeds to score 4 goals in the remaining 31 minutes to equalise.
Births
January
- January 25: Elias Papakyriakou, EOKA fighter.
February
- February 10: Giorgos Petridis, footballer.
- February 27: Evagoras Pallikaridis, EOKA fighter.
May
- May 27: Socrates Kokkalis, businessman, owner of Olympiakos
July
- July 19: Georgios Iakovou, Cypriot politician.
August
- August 9: Otto Rehhagel, football coach
- August 17: Theodoros Pangalos (PASOK MP)
- August 29: Petros Yiallouros, leading member of ANE, the EOKA youth movement, who was slain at a demonstration.
November
- November 2: Princess Sophia of Greece the future Queen of Spain.