1935
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Events
February
- February 22: The trial of a bandit and several high officials of the Police force over the 1933 assassination attempt on Venizelos' life begins.
March
- March 1: Eleftherios Venizelos flees to Italy after the March 1 Movement fails.
- March 21: A fire destroys the city centre of Edessa.
- March 24: Generals Anastasios Papoulas and Miltiades Koimisis are executed for their role in the March 1 attempted coup d' etat.
April
- April 6: Greek-language schools resume operation in Northern Epirus after a decision by the International Court of The Hague.
July
- July 6: Exiled King George II divorces Queen Elisabeth. Anti-royalists will claim that this divorce is in retaliation for Queen Elisabeth's brother (King Carol of Romania) divorcing King George's sister (Queen Helen).
November
- November 3: A referendum is held for the return of King George II to the throne in Greece. 97.8% voted for the return.
Births
February
- February 28: Fotis Pittas, EOKA fighter
April
- April 12: Jimmy Makulis, Elafro singer.
May
July
- July 15: Alex Karras, Greek-American football player and actor.
August
- August 6: Stelios Serafeidis, footballer.
- August 16: Andreas Stamatiadis, footballer.
November
- November 8: Stratos Dionysiou, popular singer, born at Nigrita, Serres
- November 9: Mary Linda, Greek singer and wife of Manolis Chiotis
December
- December 16: Nikos Sampson, Junta-appointed "President" of Cyprus
Unknown
- Pavlos Bakoyiannis, publisher, politician
Deaths
July
- July 28: Meletius Metaxakis, former Ecumenical Patriarch
August
- August 22: Pavlos Kountouriotis, Admiral, President of Greece