1961
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Events
April
- April 20: 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.
July
- July 4: Olympiakos stun World Champions FC Santos 2-1 (with Pele) at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium (Antonis Poseidon, Tasos Sourounis). Fans protested the ticket price of 35 drachmas -- three times more than the regular 10 drachmas ticket price of the times.
September
- September 9: AEK kick off the 1961-1962 season with an 8-0 away win at Aegaleo. Kostas Nestoridis scores three goals, Andreas Stamatiadis and Thanasis Gouvas two each, with Giorgos Petridis contributing one.
October
- October 20: Dr. Fazil Kucuk vetoes the creation of a single Cypriot army.
November
- November 4: Constantine Karamanlis is re-elected President, after winning the elections where, as they later pronounced, "even the trees voted !"
Births
June
- June 25: Antonis Mitzelos, guitarist, songwriter for Termites
July
- July 29: Dimitris Saravakos, football player
Deaths
July
- July 8: Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Prime Minister during the Nazi occupation of Greece.