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Events

February

March

April

  • April 20: Stelios Kyriakidis wins the Boston Marathon with a record-breaking time of 2hr 29m 27s. His record will stand until the late 1960s. After finishing the race, Kyriakidis comments to the US media: "Please, don't forget my country!"

June

  • June 17: The Greek Parliament controversially votes into law the Emergency Measures Act which allows the death penalty for those that "work against public order and the territorial integrity of the state"

July

  • July 1: The first eleven special military courts are set up in Greece following the Emergency Measures Act of June 17.

September

December

Births

March

April

June

August

September

November

December