1952

Events

January

• January 2: A new Constitution goes into effect in Greece.

February

• February 18: The Greek Parliament approves the country's entry into NATO
• February 29: Greece, thanks to a Giorgos Darivas hat trick, defeat Turkey 3-1 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

March

• March 1: Nikos Beloyiannis is sentenced to death by a military tribunal.
• March 9: An earthquake, registering 5.4 on the Richter scale, strikes Kefalonia.
• March 23: Greece defeat Belgium 3-2 to win the 7th CISM football championship.
• 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.
• April 27: the Cypriot National Assembly ratifies the union of Greece and Cyprus.

May

• May 4: Rigas Efsthathiadis breaks the Greeks record in the pole vault with 4.055m.
• May 8: Pro-Enosis demonstrations take place in Athens.
• May 11: Rigas Efsthathiadis breaks the Greeks record in the pole vault with 4.17m.
• 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.

June

• June 8: 400 Greek troops depart for Korea.
• June 15: Rigas Efsthathiadis breaks the Greeks record in the pole vault with 4.21m.

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.
• August 7: Greek forces take Hill 167 near the Imjin River during the Korean War.

October

• October 5: An earthquake registering 5.1 on the Richter scale strike Kefalonia.
• 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 16: The Greek Rally Party of Field Marshall Alexandros Papagos triumphs in the general elections, winning nearly 80% of the seats in the Hellenic Parliament.
• 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 17: A major earthquake (7.0 on the Richter scale) strikes the island of Crete.
• 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

January

• January 14: Kostas Iosifidis, footballer

March

• March 16: Apostolos Kathiniotis, athlete (long jump, triple jump)
• March 17: Nikos Xydakis, composer.

April

• April 20: Louka Katseli, politician

June

• June 6: Andreas Mikroutsikos, singer/songwriter
• June 16: Giorgos Papandreou, PASOK chairman
• June 27: Stefanos Tamvakis, President of the SAE.

August

• August 23: Giorgos Paraschos, football player and coach

October

• October 8: Takis Koroneos, basketball player
• October 25: Yiannis Kyrastas, football player and coach

November

• November 5: Oleg Blokhin, coach of various Greek football clubs.
• November 14: Dimitra Galani, singer

December

• December 27: Apostolos Papoutsakis, football executive

Unknown

• Maria Damanaki, politician

Deaths

January

• January 6: Sophocles Dousmanis, naval officer

February

• February 27: Theodoros Pangalos, general, dictator

March

• March 30: Nikos Beloyiannis, Communist official

October

• October 17: Philippos Kourantis, footballer

November

• November 6: Yiannis Andrianopoulos, Olympiakos footballer and coach