1988

Events

January

• January 21: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November unsuccessfully attempt to assassinate US official George Karos.

February

• February 1: Greek PM Andreas Papandreou and Turkish PM Turgut Ozal, sign the Davos Accord.
• February 20: At the first Indoors Meeting Athina, held in the Peace and Friendship Stadium, Niki Bakogianni sets a new Greek record in the high jump with 1.87m. Long jumper Kostas Koukodimos runs the 60m race in 6.85!
• February 21: George Vasiliou is elected President of Cyprus.

March

• March 1: The Revolutionary Organisation 17 November murder industrialist, Alexandros Athanasiades-Bodosakis, on Kifisias Avenue in Filothei.
• March 17: Sports fans in Larisa block the National Motorway protesting their local team's loss of four points in a doping scandal. The PASOK government will intervene and restore the four points to AE Larisa FC.

April

• April 22: Dimitris Christofias is elected Secretary General of AKEL, succeeding Ezekias Papaioannou who died earlier in the month.

May

• May 8: Panathinaikos goalkeeper Nikos Sarganis helps his team win the Greek Cup in a penalty shootout, by saving two Olympiakos shots while scoring one himself.

June

• June 28: US Military Attache, Wiliam Nordeen, is assassinated by a booby-trapped car in Kifissia. The Revolutionary Organisation 17 November claim responsibility.

July

• July 11: Terrorists attack the Greek cruise ship "City of Poros (ship)" killing 9 people and injuring 71 others.
• July 13: Newly-acquired Olympiakos player Lajos Detari is given a hero's welcome in Piraeus.
• July 21: Greek-American, Michael Dukakis, wins the nomination for President of the US at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.

August

• August 13: Evita Paraskevopoulou breaks the Greek women's record in the 50m freestyle with 26.70.
• August 15: Without firing a shot, November 17th members tie up a number of police officers at Vyronas, Athens and leave with cache of weapons and ammunition.

September

• September 30: PM Andreas Papandreou undergoes open-heart surgery in London.

October

• October 9: Spyros Andriopoulos breaks the Greek record in the marathon with 2hr 12' 04.
• October 20 - George Koskotas, banker, publisher and team owner (Olympiakos) is indicted on fraud and embezzlement charges

November

• November 1: Charges are brought against George Koskotas for illegal transactions with Merrill Lynch.
• November 2: Nikos Anastopoulos plays his final game for the National Football Team of Greece against Romania.
• November 23: George Koskotas is arrested in Massachusetts where he had fled following his indictment in October.

Births

March

• March 30: Thanasis Papazoglou, footballer.

August

• August 9: Vasilis Koutsianikoulis, footballer.

Deaths

April

• April 10: Ezekias Papaioannou, Cypriot politician chairman of AKEL.

July

• July 22: Tonis Maroudas, Elafro singer.

September

• September 6: Spyros Theotokis, politician.

October

• October 2: Alec Issigonis, the engineer who designed the legendary Mini in the 50s

November

• November 4: Kleanthis Vikelidis, footballer.
• November 15: Hieronymus, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.
• November 15: Mirko Kokotovic, one-time coach of AEK FC.
• November 19: Christina Onassis, daughter of Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.

December

• December 3: Panos Gavalas, singer