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*[[October 20]]: Dr. Fazil Kucuk vetoes the creation of a single Cypriot army. | *[[October 20]]: Dr. Fazil Kucuk vetoes the creation of a single Cypriot army. | ||
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| − | *[[November 4]]: [[Constantine Karamanlis]] is | + | *[[November 4]]: [[Constantine Karamanlis]] is sworn in as PM, after winning the [[October 29]] elections where, as they later pronounced, ''"even the trees voted !"'' |
*[[November 6]]: Torrential rains cause floodings in [[Athens]] and the suburbs. 40 dead and thousands of flood victims. | *[[November 6]]: Torrential rains cause floodings in [[Athens]] and the suburbs. 40 dead and thousands of flood victims. | ||
Revision as of 13:29, February 27, 2007
Events
April
- April 19: Manos Hadjidakis receives an Oscar for the score of the film "Never on a Sunday"
- April 20: Father Kosmas Aitolos is proclaimed a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- April 21: Scientific research determines that the average life expectancy of a Greek male is 57 years and that of a Greek female is 62 years.
May
- May 23: Ten men are put on trial in Thessaloniki charged with spying on behalf of Bulgaria.
July
- July 4: Olympiakos stun World Champions FC Santos 2-1 (with Pele) at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium (Antonis Poseidon, Tasos Sourounis). Fans protested the ticket price of 35 drachmas -- three times more than the regular 10 drachmas ticket price of the times.
August
- August 6: Maria Callas performs in the ancient theatre of Epidaurus in the role of Medea.
September
- September 9: AEK kick off the 1961-1962 season with an 8-0 away win at Aegaleo. Kostas Nestoridis scores three goals, Andreas Stamatiadis and Thanasis Gouvas two each, with Giorgos Petridis contributing one.
- September 17: Adnan Menderes is hanged in the Prince's Islands. Among the accusations brought against the former Turkish PM was his tolerance of the Istanbul Pogrom against the Greek minority.
October
- October 20: Dr. Fazil Kucuk vetoes the creation of a single Cypriot army.
November
- November 4: Constantine Karamanlis is sworn in as PM, after winning the October 29 elections where, as they later pronounced, "even the trees voted !"
- November 6: Torrential rains cause floodings in Athens and the suburbs. 40 dead and thousands of flood victims.
Births
March
- March 1: Savvas Kofidis, football player and coach.
June
- June 25: Antonis Mitzelos, guitarist, songwriter for Termites
July
- July 13: Stelios Manolas, football player
- July 29: Dimitris Saravakos, football player
Deaths
July
- July 8: Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Prime Minister during the Nazi occupation of Greece.