1986

Events

January

• January 17: The Museum of Cycladic Art is inaugurated in Athens.

February

• February 21: Discussion over the dossier concerning Cyprus commences in the Hellenic Parliament.

March

• March 2: Vasilis Hadjipanagis scores Iraklis' 1000th goal in the Football A Division as his team defeat Olympiakos 3-1.
• March 7: the revision of the Greek constitution of 1975 is concluded, transferring many presidential powers to the Prime Minister or Parliament.
• March 14: Dimitris Koutsoukis breaks the Greek shot put indoor record with 20.27 in Oklahoma, USA. The record will stand for 24 years.

April

• April 8: Industrialist Dimitris Angelopoulos, chairman of Halivourgiki Steel Company and friend of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou is killed while leaving his home in Kolonaki. The Revolutionary Organization 17 November assume responsibility.
• April 16: OFI player, Alejandro Hisis, fails his doping test for the second time in his career. He avoids punishment after the intervention of Manfred Donike, head of the Cologne toxicology department.

May

• May 23: The Greek Central Intelligence Agency (KYP) is renamed National Intelligence Agency (EYP).

July

• July 5: Nikos Galis scores a record 53 points as Greece beat Panama 110-81 for the World Basketball Championship in Zaragoza

September

• September 7: Larisa defeat Ethnikos Piraeus 9-0, however the Hellenic Football Federation will not recognise the result of the match as Ethnikos fielded amateurs due to a footballers' strike.
• September 13: A powerful earthquake (6.2 on the Richter scale) strikes Kalamata causing extensive damage and five fatalities.

October

• October 5: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November launches a series of bomb attacks on offices of the Greek Taxation bureau.
• October 12: New Democracy triumphs in the municipal elections as Miltiades Evert is elected Mayor of Athens, Andreas Andrianopoulos is elected Mayor of Piraeus and Sotiris Kouvelas is elected Mayor of Thessaloniki.
• October 26: 29-year old teacher, Charalambos Blionas, is killed in Larisa when he is hit with a flare during the football game between AE Larisa and PAOK.

Births

March

• March 21: Nikoletta Kyriakopoulou, athlete (pole vault)

April

• April 1: Nikos Kourtidis, weightlifter

May

• May 15: Eleni Artymata, Cypriot athlete (100m, 200m)

September

• September 12: Dimitris Regas, athlete (400m)

November

• November 10: Ilias Iliadis, judoka
• November 26: Kostas Filippidis, athlete (pole vaulter).

December

• December 19: Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, footballer

Deaths

February

• February 26: Amalia Fleming nee Koutsouri, wife of Dr. Alexander Fleming and PASOK MP.

March

• March 17: Pantelis Prevelakis, writer.
• March 23: Achilleas Apergis, sculptor.

August

• August 16: Nikos Syllas, athlete (discus)

September

• September 11: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, intellectual, politician, Prime Minister.

October

• October 29: Mimis Fotopoulos, actor
• October 29: Nikos Angelakis, footballer

December

• December 7: Kostas Poulis, footballer