1958

Events

January

• January 2: Greek-American diva Maria Callas leaves the set after the first act of "Norma", causing a stir in the audience which includes the President of Italy.

March

• March 12: Fotis Pittas, Andreas Karios and two other EOKA members escape from Pyla prison.

May

• May 11: Constantine Karamanlis is reelected PM with ERE winning 41.16% of the vote. Surprisingly, the United Democratic Left comes in second with 24.42%.

June

• June 7: Turkish-Cypriot extremists burn down the club offices of Olympiakos Lefkosia FC.

September

• September 2: The Battle of Liopetri takes place; four EOKA members - Fotis Pittas, Andreas Karios, Christos Samaras and Elias Papakyriakou are killed.
• September 4: Greek Police announce that any and all "teddy boys" would be given a clean cut.

November

• November 19: After refusing to surrender, EOKA fighter Kyriakos Matsis is killed in Dikomo, Cyprus by the British.
• November 19: The first game on grass in Leoforos Alexandras Stadium (later renamed to Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium is a friendly between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos. Olympiakos wins with a goal by Elias Yfantis and a 1-0 score.

December

• December 29: OPAP is founded.

Births

January

• January 22: Nikos Anastopoulos, footballer.

April

• April 15: Memos Ioannou, basketball player and coach.
• April 26: Giorgos Kostikos, footballer and coach.

November

• November 6: Evanthia Reboutsika, musician, composer.

Deaths

May

• May 22: Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer, colonial governor of Cyprus in the 1930s.

November

• November 19: Kyriakos Matsis, leading figure of the EOKA struggle in Cyprus.