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April
===April===
*[[April 11]]: [[Pierikos FC|Pierikos]] is established from the merger of [[Megas Alexandros Katerini FC|Megas Alexandros Katerini]] and Olympus Katerini.
*[[April 17]]: PM [[Constantine Karamanlis]] visits Washington, DC and meets with US President John F. Kennedy.
*[[April 19]]: [[Manos Hadjidakis]] receives an Oscar for the score of the film "Never on a Sunday"
*[[April 20]]: [[Saint Kosmas Aitolos|Father Kosmas Aitolos]] is proclaimed a saint by the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]].
===May===
*[[May 23]]: Ten men are put on trial in [[Thessaloniki]] charged with spying on behalf of Bulgaria.
*[[May 24]]: [[Cyprus]] is admitted into the Council of Europe.
 
===June===
*[[June 13]]: [[Cyprus]] joins the British Commonwealth.
*[[June 28]]: World champions FC Santos defeat [[AEK FC|AEK]] 3-0, as Pele scores the 400th goal of his career.
*[[June 30]]: Pele scores twice as World champions FC Santos defeat [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] 3-2
===July===
*[[July 4]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] stun World Champions FC Santos 2-1 (with Pele) 2-1 at [[Leoforos Alexandras Stadium]] ([[Antonis Poseidon|Poseidon]], [[Tasos Sourounis|Sourounis]]- [[Mimis Stefanakos|Stefanakos]] og). Fans protested the ticket price of 35 drachmas [[drachma]]s -- more than three times more than the regular 10 drachmas ticket price of the times.*[[July 9]]: The agreement of association of [[Greece]] and the European Common Market is signed in [[Athens]]. 
===August===
*[[August 4]]: [[Myron Anyfandakis]] breaks the Greek record in the [[javelin throw]] with 74.15m.
*[[August 6]]: [[Maria Callas]] performs in the ancient theatre of [[Epidaurus]] in the role of [[Medea]].
*[[September 9]]: [[AEK FC|AEK]] kick off the 1961-[[1962]] season with an 8-0 away win at [[Aegaleo FC|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.
*[[September 20]]: [[Konstantinos Dovas]] forms a caretaker government which will conduct one of the most disputed elections in the history of Greece.
===October===
===February===
*[[February 2]]: [[Eleni Mavrou]], Mayor of [[Lefkosia]], [[Cyprus]].
*[[February 8]]: [[Giorgos Savvidis]], football player and coach.
 
===March===
*[[March 1]]: [[Savvas Kofidis]], football player and coach.
===May===
*[[May 31]]: [[Marios Karoyian]], Cypriot politician
 
===June===
*[[June 25]]: [[Antonis Mitzelos]], guitarist, songwriter for ''[[Termites]]''

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