Phantis:Selected anniversaries/August 16
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- 1960: Cyprus is officially proclaimed a republic with Archbishop Makarios III as president and Dr Fazil Kucuk as vice-president.
- 1966: Giorgos Koudas debuts with Olympiakos in a pre-season friendly.
- 1974: Morphou is occupied by Turkish troops, its inhabitants flee.
- 1974: Andreas Papandreou returns to Greece.
- Births: Andreas Stamatiadis (1935), footballer
- Deaths: Spyros Skouras (1971), Greek-American President of 20th Century Fox; Viki Moscholiou (2005), music performer