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==Events==
 
==Events==
 
===January===
 
===January===
*[[January 9]]: [[EOKA]] fighter, [[Kyriakos Matsis]], is arrested, along with his brother Yiannakis, by the British.
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*[[January 3]]: The [[National Radical Union]] is founded by [[Constantine Karamanlis]].
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*[[January 9]]: [[EOKA]] fighter, [[Kyriakos Matsis]], is arrested, along with his brother [[Yiannakis Matsis|Yiannakis]], by the British.
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*[[January 24]]: The [[Democratic Union]] coalition is founded by [[Georgios Papandreou]] and other centrist and leftist politicians.
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===February===
 
===February===
*[[February 7]]: Student [[Petros Yiallouros]], a member of [[ANE]], is slain during a protest in [[Cyprus]].  
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*[[February 7]]: Student [[Petros Yiallouros]], a member of [[ANE]], is slain during a protest in [[Cyprus]].
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*[[February 19]]: Owing to the complexity of the Greek electoral system (three different systems depending on region!), the [[National Radical Union]] emerges victorious from the Greek elections eventhough they were out-polled by the [[Democratic Union]].
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*[[February 29]]: [[Lina Tsaldari]] becomes the first woman Cabinet member. She is the widow of former PM [[Panagis Tsaldaris]].
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===March===
 
===March===
 
*[[March 4]]: 17-year old [[EOKA]] fighter, [[Giorgos Charalambous]], is killed in [[Limassol]].
 
*[[March 4]]: 17-year old [[EOKA]] fighter, [[Giorgos Charalambous]], is killed in [[Limassol]].
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*[[March 5]]: "[[The fiend]]" (O Drakos) is released in cinemas throughout [[Greece]].
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*[[March 9]]: Archbishop [[Makarios III]] is seized at [[Nicosia International Airport|Nicosia Airport]] by the British colonial authorities in [[Cyprus]] and exiled to the Seychelle Islands in the Indian Ocean.
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*[[March 29]]: [[Dorotheus]] is elected [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece.
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===April===
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*[[April 18]]: [[Maria Desylla-Kapodistria]] becomes the first woman elected mayor of a Greek city ([[Kerkyra city|Kerkyra/Corfu]]).
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*[[April 22]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] lose to Italy's seconds 7-1 in a Mediterranean Cup game played in Naples.
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*[[April 23]]: [[EOKA]] fighter, [[Iakovos Patatsos]], is arrested in [[Lefkosia]] for the murder of PC Nihat Basif.
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*[[April 27]]: A RAF Douglas Dakota is destroyed on the ground by a bomb thought to have been placed by [[EOKA]] fighters.
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===May===
 
===May===
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*[[May 9]]: A huge protest in [[Athens]], over the executions of [[Michalis Karaolis]] and [[Andreas Dimitriou]], turns bloody as four protesters are killed and 164 are injured.
 
*[[May 10]]: [[Michalis Karaolis]] and [[Andreas Dimitriou]] become the first two Greek-Cypriots executed by the British during the [[EOKA]] campaign.
 
*[[May 10]]: [[Michalis Karaolis]] and [[Andreas Dimitriou]] become the first two Greek-Cypriots executed by the British during the [[EOKA]] campaign.
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*[[May 16]]: [[EOKA]] members [[Michalis Koutsoftas]] and [[Andreas Panagidis]] kill British Cpl. Patrick J. Hale in retaliation for the [[Michalis Karaolis|Karaolis]]-[[Andreas Dimitriou|Dimitriou]] executions 6 days earlier.
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*[[May 27]]: [[Kostas Sfikas]] breaks the Greek record for the [[triple jump]] with 15.18m. The old record by [[Ioannis Palamiotis]] had stood for 17 years.
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*[[May 28]]: Greek Foreign Minister, [[Spyros Theotokis]], is forced to resign over the [[Cyprus]] matter.
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===June===
 
===June===
 
*[[June 10]]:  The [[Lycabettus]] funicular came into operation
 
*[[June 10]]:  The [[Lycabettus]] funicular came into operation
 
===July===
 
===July===
*[[July 9]]:  A powerful earthquake (7.3 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Santorini]] resulting in 53 deaths and more than 100 injuries.
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*[[July 9]]:  A major earthquake (7.3 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Santorini]] resulting in 53 deaths and more than 100 injuries.
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===August===
 
===August===
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*[[August 9]]: [[Iakovos Patatsos]], [[Charilaos Michail]] and [[Andreas Zakos]] are hanged by the British in the [[Central Jail of Lefkosia]]
 
*[[August 10]]: [[Phaedon Mattheou]] scores a personal record of 28 points against Syria (94-75) at Cairo for the pre-olympic tournament. Mattheou will score a total of 529 points in 44 matches with the [[National Basketball Team|national basketball team]]. In this match Vangelis Nikitopoulos will play for the second and last time in his career.
 
*[[August 10]]: [[Phaedon Mattheou]] scores a personal record of 28 points against Syria (94-75) at Cairo for the pre-olympic tournament. Mattheou will score a total of 529 points in 44 matches with the [[National Basketball Team|national basketball team]]. In this match Vangelis Nikitopoulos will play for the second and last time in his career.
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*[[August 31]]: [[EOKA]] attack the General Hospital of [[Nicosia]] and free [[Polykarpos Georkadjis]] who was being held by the British.
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===September===
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*[[September 13]]: [[Kyriakos Matsis]] and six other [[EOKA]] fighters escape from Kokkinotrimithia Prison.
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*[[September 21]]: Three [[EOKA]] members [[Andreas Panagidis]], [[Michalis Koutsoftas]] and [[Stelios Mavrommatis]] are hanged by the British in [[Cyprus]].
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===November===
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*[[November 26]]: [[Georgios Roubanis]] wins the bronze medal in the [[pole vault]] at the Olympic Games of Melbourne.
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===December===
 
===December===
 
*[[December 18]]: [[Evagoras Pallikaridis]] is arrested in [[Cyprus]] by the British.
 
*[[December 18]]: [[Evagoras Pallikaridis]] is arrested in [[Cyprus]] by the British.
  
 
==Births==
 
==Births==
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===February===
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*[[February 12]]: [[Velimir Zajec]], footballer.
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*[[February 19]]: [[Nikos Liakos]], footballer
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===March===
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*[[March 9]]: [[Manthos Katsoulis]], [[basketball]] player
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===May===
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*[[May 15]]: [[Andreas Loverdos]], politician.
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===September===
 
===September===
 
*[[September 14]]:  [[Costas Karamanlis]], Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
 
*[[September 14]]:  [[Costas Karamanlis]], Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
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*[[September 17]]: [[Kostas Orfanos]], footballer
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===October===
 
===October===
 
*[[October 18]]: [[Giorgos Kimoulis]], actor
 
*[[October 18]]: [[Giorgos Kimoulis]], actor
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*[[October 24]]: [[David Stergakos]], [[basketball]] player.
 
*[[October 27]]: [[Babis Tsertos]], musician, performer of traditional, folk and [[rebetiko]] songs
 
*[[October 27]]: [[Babis Tsertos]], musician, performer of traditional, folk and [[rebetiko]] songs
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===November===
 
===November===
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*[[November 5]]: [[Laurentis Machairitsas]], musician, singer
 
*[[November 13]]: [[Anna Verouli]], athlete.
 
*[[November 13]]: [[Anna Verouli]], athlete.
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===Unknown===
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*[[Yiannis Kouros]], long-distance runner
  
 
==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
*[[February 23]]: [[Marika Ninou]], singer.
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===February===
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*[[February 7]]: [[Petros Yiallouros]], during the [[EOKA]] struggle.  
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*[[February 22]]: [[Alexandros Svolos]], politician, head of the "Government of the Mountains"
  
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===March===
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*[[March 4]]: [[Giorgos Charalambous]], [[EOKA]] fighter
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===May===
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*[[May 10]]: [[Michalis Karaolis]], [[EOKA]] fighter
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*[[May 10]]: [[Andreas Dimitriou]], [[EOKA]] fighter
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===August===
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*[[August 9]]: [[Iakovos Patatsos]], [[EOKA]] fighter
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*[[August 9]]: [[Charilaos Michail]], [[EOKA]] fighter
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*[[August 9]]: [[Andreas Zakos]], [[EOKA]] fighter
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===September===
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*[[September 21]]: [[Andreas Panagidis]], [[EOKA]] fighter.
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*[[September 21]]: [[Michalis Koutsoftas]], [[EOKA]] fighter.
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*[[September 21]]: [[Stelios Mavrommatis]], [[EOKA]] fighter.
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===November===
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*[[November 14]]: [[Queen Elisabeth]] of Greece (wife of [[King George II]])
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*[[November 23]]: [[Grigoris Georgakopoulos]], athlete ([[800m]], [[1500m]])
  
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===December===
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*[[December 31]]: [[Michalis Georgalas]], [[EOKA]] fighter
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===Unknown===
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*[[Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos]], athlete
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*[[Spyridon I]], [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece
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*[[Emmanouil Tsouderos]], banker, Prime Minister
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[[Category:Years]]
 
[[Category:Years]]
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[[Category:1956]]

Revision as of 15:23, September 12, 2019

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

  • July 9: A major earthquake (7.3 on the Richter scale) strikes Santorini resulting in 53 deaths and more than 100 injuries.

August

September

November

December

Births

February

March

May

September

October

November

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Deaths

February

March

May

August

September

November

December

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