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*[[July 1]]: [[Apostolos Kathiniotis]] breaks the Greek record in the [[triple jump]] with 16.61m. | *[[July 1]]: [[Apostolos Kathiniotis]] breaks the Greek record in the [[triple jump]] with 16.61m. | ||
| + | *[[July 4]]: The [[Democratic Rally Party of Cyprus]] is founded by [[Glafkos Clerides]]. | ||
*[[July 10]]: Greek [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] [[Kostas Georgiou]], better known as "[[Colonel Callan]]", is executed by a firing squad for war crimes during the Angolan civil war. | *[[July 10]]: Greek [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] [[Kostas Georgiou]], better known as "[[Colonel Callan]]", is executed by a firing squad for war crimes during the Angolan civil war. | ||
*[[July 31]]: Prime minister [[Konstantinos Karamanlis]], through a letter handed by Epaminondas Petralias to IOC's chairman Lord Killanin, suggests that the Olympics should permanently take place in [[Greece]]. The IOC will not adopt his point of view | *[[July 31]]: Prime minister [[Konstantinos Karamanlis]], through a letter handed by Epaminondas Petralias to IOC's chairman Lord Killanin, suggests that the Olympics should permanently take place in [[Greece]]. The IOC will not adopt his point of view | ||
Revision as of 15:44, September 9, 2008
Events
January
- January 4: PAOK thrash Olympiakos 4-0 at Karaiskaki Stadium. Goals scored by Koudas (2), Terzanidis and Guerino.
- January 20: PSAP is founded. Mimis Domazos serves as its first president.
March
- March 3: Tasos Mitropoulos makes his Alpha Ethniki debut with Ethnikos Piraeus. His career will end 22 years later.
May
- May 6: Vasilis Chatzipanagis plays wearing the Greek National Football Team shirt in a friendly game against Poland - Greece wins 1-0. This was his one and only game playing for Greece.
- May 12: The Democratic Party of Cyprus (DI.KO.) is founded in Cyprus by Spiros Kyprianou.
- May 23: After defeating Ethnikos Piraeus 4-0 away, PAOK win their first ever football championship.
June
- June 9: Vasilis Chatzipanagis scores for Iraklis directly from the corner kick defeating Olympiacos with 3-1. "Vasia" will score in the 1980s a total of 6 goals from the corner point.
July
- July 1: Apostolos Kathiniotis breaks the Greek record in the triple jump with 16.61m.
- July 4: The Democratic Rally Party of Cyprus is founded by Glafkos Clerides.
- July 10: Greek Cypriot Kostas Georgiou, better known as "Colonel Callan", is executed by a firing squad for war crimes during the Angolan civil war.
- July 31: Prime minister Konstantinos Karamanlis, through a letter handed by Epaminondas Petralias to IOC's chairman Lord Killanin, suggests that the Olympics should permanently take place in Greece. The IOC will not adopt his point of view
August
- August 6: Turkish ship "Sismik" violates Greek territorial waters.
September
- September 2: ET3 broadcasts for the first time through an antenna which is set on the Kiosk 8 of the International Thessaloniki Fair with Terence Quick being in the studios
November
- November 23: An Olympic Airlines VS-11 plane crashes near Kozani with 46 passengers and a crew of four on board. There are no survivors.
December
- December 14: The terrorist group 17 November assassinates Evangelos Mallios, a police officer who had been discharged after torturing prisoners during the Junta.
Births
January
- January 1: Efthimios Rentzias, basketball player
- January 3: Angelos Basinas, footballer.
- January 31: Traianos Dellas, footballer
September
- September 9: Vasilis Lakis, footballer
November
- November 7: Mark Philippoussis, Greek Australian tennis player
- November 7: Angelos Pavlakakis, athlete (100m)
- November 12: Demosthenes Tampakos, gymnast
- November 19: Stelios Venetidis, footballer
- November 29: Michalis Kakiouzis, basketball player
December
- December 21: Mirela Manjani, athlete (javelin thrower)
- December 23: Dimitris Mavrogenidis, footballer.
- December 27: Nikos Georgeas, footballer
Deaths
May
- May 1: Alekos Panagoulis, MP and would-be assassin of dictator George Papadopoulos.
July
- July 2: Christos Tsaganeas, stage and screen actor
- July 10: Colonel Callan, Greek-Cypriot mercenary
August
- August 22: Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist.
December
- December 7: Kostas Moussouris, actor, theatrical manager