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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]].
 
*[[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.
 
*[[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.
 
*[[March 29]]: [[Dorotheus]] is elected [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece.
 
*[[March 29]]: [[Dorotheus]] is elected [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece.
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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 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.
  
 
===September===
 
===September===
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===March===
 
===March===
 
*[[March 9]]: [[Manthos Katsoulis]], [[basketball]] player
 
*[[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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===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===
 
===Unknown===
 
*[[Yiannis Kouros]], long-distance runner
 
*[[Yiannis Kouros]], long-distance runner
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*[[February 7]]: [[Petros Yiallouros]], during the [[EOKA]] struggle.  
 
*[[February 7]]: [[Petros Yiallouros]], during the [[EOKA]] struggle.  
 
*[[February 22]]: [[Alexandros Svolos]], politician, head of the "Government of the Mountains"
 
*[[February 22]]: [[Alexandros Svolos]], politician, head of the "Government of the Mountains"
*[[February 23]]: [[Marika Ninou]], singer.
 
  
 
===March===
 
===March===

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