1926

Events

August

• August 24: Dictator Theodoros Pangalos is overthrown by a coup d'etat.

November

• November 8: APOEL FC is founded, in a Lefkosia patisserie, by a group of 40 sports-minded Cypriots.

Births

January

• January 23: Kyriakos Matsis, EOKA fighter

February

• February 10: Kostas Mountakis, Cretan singer.

April

• April 3: Alex Grammas, Greek-American baseball player and coach

August

• August 8: George Livanos, shipowner
• August 15: Kostis Stephanopoulos, politician and statesman

September

• September 3: Irene Papas, actress

November

• November 26: Panos Gavalas, popular singer

Deaths

• June 18: Queen Olga