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===October=== | ===October=== | ||
| + | *[[October 7]]: Archbishop [[Makarios III]] and [[Georgios Grivas]] meet in [[Rhodes]] and sign a cooperation agreement. | ||
*[[October 25]]: Greek [[Football A Division]] championship league is officially born | *[[October 25]]: Greek [[Football A Division]] championship league is officially born | ||
*[[October 28]]: The electricity plant of [[Ptolemaida]] begins its operations | *[[October 28]]: The electricity plant of [[Ptolemaida]] begins its operations | ||
Revision as of 11:55, October 4, 2006
Events
June
- June 4: Greece rejected a Soviet note urging that no missile bases be established on Greek soil.
- June 7: The first elafro music festival in Greece, organized by the National Institute of Radio (Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ραδιοφωνίας - EIR)
- June 28: PROPO includes a 13th game
September
- September 6: Andreas Papandreou returns to Greece after a long absence in the United States.
October
- October 7: Archbishop Makarios III and Georgios Grivas meet in Rhodes and sign a cooperation agreement.
- October 25: Greek Football A Division championship league is officially born
- October 28: The electricity plant of Ptolemaida begins its operations
- October 29: An Olympic Airways Douglas Aircraft Company DC-3 crashes near Athens. All 18 passengers and crew members perish.
December
- December 13: Archbishop Makarios III is elected first President of the Republic of Cyprus, receiving 66.29% of the vote against 32.92% of Ioannis Clerides
- December 21: The expedition of a permanent Greek force in Cyprus is decided. This force would come to be known as EL.DY.K.
Births
June
- June 17: Nikos Stavropoulos, basketball player.
September
- September 10: Elena Venizelou, widow of Eleftherios Venizelos
