1956
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Events
March
- March 4: 17-year old EOKA fighter, Giorgos Charalambous, is killed in Limassol.
May
- May 10: Michalis Karaolis and Andreas Dimitriou become the first two Greek-Cypriots executed by the British during the EOKA campaign.
Births
September
- September 14: Costas Karamanlis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
October
- October 27 : Babis Tsertos, musician, performer of traditional, folk and rebetiko songs