1971

Events

February

• February 5: The Mount Parnes Casino is opened for business.
• February 11: Evidence of petroleum appears off the coast of Thasos.

April

• April 28: Panathinaikos overturn a 1-4 loss in Belgrade against Crvena Zvezda with a 3-0 victory in Athens. The result enables PAO to qualify for the final of the European Champions' Cup in Wembley.

June

• June 2: Panathinaikos play Ajax Amsterdam in the 1971 European Cup Final. Ajax win 2-0.
• June 13: Panagiotis Nacopoulos smashes Giorgos Papavassiliou's 11 year-old record in 3000m steeple (8:45.8) with 8:40.8
• June 18: Junta strongman George Papadopoulos threatens Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios III with "bitter measures" should he insist on refusing Papadopoulos' proposals relating to the Turkish Cypriot minority.

October

• October 26: Mitsos Partsalidis, Babis Drakopoulos and 30 other members of the KKE-Interior are arrested.

December

• December 11: It is announced that broadcast television will cover as of 1972 the entire Greek periphery.
• December 15: Panathinaikos, representing Europe, draw 1-1 against Nacional of Montevideo in the first leg of the Intercontinental Cup. The lone green goal was scored by Totis Fylakouris. Yiannis Tomaras is seriously injured with a broken leg.

Births

January

• January 14: Antonios Nikopolidis, football player, goalkeeper of the Euro 2004 Greek team
• January 30: Giorgos S. Georgiadis, footballer

July

• July 21: Erik Mykland, one-time Panathinaikos footballer

August

• August 12: Pete Sampras, Greek-American tennis player

October

• October 13: Pyrros Dimas, weightlifter
• October 27: Theodoros Zagorakis, footballer, captain of the Euro 2004 Greek team

Deaths

August

• August 16: Spyros Skouras, Greek-American President of 20th Century Fox.

September

• September 20: Giorgos Seferis, poet

Unknown

• Stratos Payoumtzis, rebetiko singer