1952

Events

February

• February 18: The Greek Parliament approves the country's entry into NATO

March

• March 1: Nikos Beloyiannis is sentenced to death by a military tribunal.
• March 30: Communist official Nikos Beloyiannis and three companions are executed at Goudi despite the public outcry.

April

• April 2: Maria Callas debuts in La Scala, Milan.

May

• May 15: The School of Dentristry is established at the University of Athens, despite the objections of the Medical School professors.
• May 28: The Greek Parliament votes to grant women equal political rights.

July

• July 3: Denmark defeat Greece 2-1 in Tampere, Finland. The man of the match was goalkeeper, Nikos Pentzaropoulos, who played the game of his life to keep the score close.

August

• August 1: The Battleship Georgios Averof is decommissioned.

October

• October 21: Speaking at a meeting of the Communist Party of the USSR, Nikolaos Zachariadis proclaims that "Papagos and Plastiras are no different. All dogs are the same".

November

• November 7: An outpouring of support for Alexandros Papagos is shown at a public rally, as the Greeks turn to his Greek Rally party
• November 19: Alexandros Papagos is sworn in as Prime Minister after winning elections with his Greek Rally political party.
• November 20: The house of writer Alexandros Papadiamantis in Skiathos becomes a museum.

December

• December 21: Eleni Skoura is appointed by the Greek Rally party of Alexandros Papagos to stand in the January 1953 repeat elections. She will become the first woman MP in Greek history.

Births

June

• June 16: Giorgos Papandreou, PASOK chairman

October

• October 25: Yiannis Kyrastas, football player and coach

November

• November 5: Oleg Blokhin, coach of various Greek football clubs.

Deaths

February

• February 27: Theodoros Pangalos, general, dictator

November

• November 6: Yiannis Andrianopoulos, Olympiakos footballer and coach