1977

Events

June

• June 4: Greece releases five British plane-spotters imprisoned for spying; they were released after 10 weeks in jail. {BBC)

November

• November 2: Torrential rains cause the overflow of Kifissos and surrounding rivers. 12 people in Athens and Piraeus die from flood waters.
• November 8: Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos announces that he had found the unopened tomb of Philip II of Macedonat Vergina, Pieria prefecture.
• November 20: New Democracy is declared winner of the elections with 41.85% of the vote. PASOK wins 25.3% and becomes the opposition party.

Deaths

August

• August 3: Archbishop Makarios III of Cyprus

September

• September 4: Stellakis Perpiniadis singer of Rebetiko music.
• September 16: Maria Callas, Greek-American diva