1954

Events

February

• February 13: Apollon Limassol FC is founded

May

• May 21: Greece and Bulgaria resume diplomatic relations after 13 years.

June

• June 5: Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia announce a Balkan Pact for mutual self-defense.
• June 21: Human artificial insemination is performed for the first time in Greece

August

• August 14: Communist Nikos Ploumbidis is executed by firing squad for espionage.

October

• October 16: US soldiers man the first American base on Greek soil in Heraklio, Crete.

Births

January

• January 15: Nikos Sarganis, footballer

February

• February 3: Savvas Tsitouridis, politician.

March

• March 6: Antypas, singer
• March 8: Juan Ramon Rocha, footballer

May

• May 31: Thomas Mavros, footballer

October

• October 19: Fernando Santos, football coach
• October 26: Vasilis Chatzipanagis, footballer

November

• November 14: Yanni, new age composer

Deaths

• September 11: Marika Kotopouli, stage actress