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| − | ===January=== | + | *[[1961]]: [[Maria Callas]] performs in the ancient theatre of [[Epidaurus]] in the role of [[Medea]]. |
| − | *[[January 13]]: Metropolitan [[Serafim]] of [[Ioannina]] is elected [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece. | + | *[[1964]]: The [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] [[Cyprus National Guard|National Guard]] attacks the Turkish-Cypriot village of [[Kokkina]] after reports that men and weapons were being smuggled there. |
| − | *[[January 28]]: Archbishop [[Makarios III]] declares a 3-day mourning period, throughout [[Cyprus]], over the death of his political opponent [[Georgios Grivas]]. | + | *[[1974]]: Despite the ceasefire in effect, Turkish troops assault and take [[Lapithos]] and [[Karavas (Cyprus)|Karavas]]. |
| | + | *[[1976]]: Turkish ship "Sismik" violates Greek territorial waters. |
| | + | *[[1983]]: A powerful earthquake (6.8 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Lemnos]] and the surrounding area. |
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| | + | *[[1972]]: [[Kyriakos Onesiphorou]] breaks the Greek record for the [[400m]] with 46.6. |
| | + | *[[1992]]: [[Voula Patoulidou]] wins gold in the women's [[100m hurdles]] at the Barcelona Olympic Games. Her comment after the race is: "For [[Greece]], damn it!" |
| | + | *[[1997]]: Greece win the 37th [[CISM]] [[football (soccer)|football]] championship, defeating Italy 1-0 in the final game (55' [[Nikos Lyberopoulos|Lyberopoulos]] pen). |
| | + | *[[2012]]: [[Pavlos Kontides]] wins a silver medal in the men's Laser class Olympic sailing marking the very first time that [[Cyprus]] won an Olympics medal of any kind. |
| | + | *[[2017]]: [[Katerina Stefanidi]] wins gold for Greece, at the [[IAAF World Championships]] in London, in the women's [[pole vault]] with a 4.91 m jump, setting a new Greek record. |
| | + | *[[2024]]: [[Miltiadis Tentoglou]] wins gold in the [[long jump]] at the Paris Olympics. |
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| − | ===March=== | + | ==Births== |
| − | *[[March 3]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] thrash [[Fostiras FC|Fostiras]] 11-0 in a Greek League match at [[Karaiskaki Stadium]]. [[Nikos Gioutsos]] and [[Yves Triantafillos]] score 3 goals each. | + | *[[1935]]: [[Stelios Serafeidis]], footballer |
| − | ===April===
| + | *[[1971]]: [[Michalis Kasapis]], footballer |
| − | *[[April 25]]: Archbishop [[Makarios III]] declares [[EOKA B']] to be an illegal organisation.
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| − | *[[April 28]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] and World Champions Brazil play to a 0-0 draw before 100,000 spectators at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. | |
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| − | ===May=== | + | ==Deaths== |
| − | *[[May 16]]: Work starts on the Athens Metro. | + | *[[1951]]: [[Stylianos Seferiadis]], member of the [[Academy of Athens]]. |
| − | ===June===
| + | *[[1999]]: [[Rita Sakellariou]], [[laika]] singer. |
| − | *[[June 4]]: Archbishop [[Makarios III]] announces his intent to decrease the strength of the [[Cypriot National Guard]] and replace the [[Junta]]-appointed mainland officers. | + | *[[2015]]: [[Kostas Virvos]], songwriter |
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| − | ===July===
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| − | *[[July 2]]: Archbishop [[Makarios III]] demands that Greece remove all its [[Cypriot National Guard]] officers except for 100 to remain in an advisory and training capacity.
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| − | *[[July 15]]: The [[Cyprus National Guard]] overthrows President [[Makarios III|Makarios]] and installs [[Nikos Sampson]] in his place.
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| − | *[[July 19]]: In a speech at the UN, Archbishop [[Makarios III]] calls the coup d'etat of [[July 15]] a "foreign invasion" by Greece that "affects all Cypriots, Greeks and Turks".
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| − | *[[July 20]]: Turkey invades [[Cyprus]].
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| − | *[[July 21]]: Greek athlete Giorgos Katsanis is killed in a battle near [[St. Hilarion Castle]] during the [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]]. His club, Iraklis [[Thessaloniki]] will rename their volleyball stadium in his honour.
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| − | *[[July 22]]: The Security Council of the UN calls for a ceasefire in [[Cyprus]].
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| − | *[[July 22]]: The Turkish army overruns [[Kerynia]].
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| − | *[[July 23]]: The [[Junta|military government]] in Greece collapses and former prime minister [[Constantine Karamanlis]] is invited to return.
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| − | *[[July 23]]: [[Nikos Sampson]], junta-appointed President of [[Cyprus]], resigns and is replaced by Parliament President [[Glafkos Clerides]]
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| − | *[[July 24]]: Thousands of people welcome [[Constantine Karamanlis]] arriving from Paris, France at [[Ellinikon International Airport|Hellenikon Airport]] at 2:00 AM. He is sworn in as Prime Minister at 4:15 AM by President [[Phaedon Gizikis]].
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| − | *[[July 30]]: Foreign ministers from Greece, Turkey and the UK sign a peace agreement to settle the Cyprus crisis.
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| − | ===August===
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| − | *[[August 6]]: Despite the ceasefire in effect, Turkish troops assault and take [[Lapithos]] and [[Karavas (Cyprus)|Karavas]].
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| − | *[[August 14]]: Turkish military launch the second phase ("Attila 2") of their invasion of [[Cyprus]] resulting in the occupation of one-third of the island's territory. 200,000 Greeks are displaced from their homes.
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| − | *[[August 15]]: Turkish troops overrun [[Ammochostos]].
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| − | *[[August 16]]: [[Morphou]] is occupied by Turkish troops, its inhabitants flee.
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| − | *[[August 16]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]] returns to [[Greece]].
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| − | *[[August 19]]: US Ambassador, Rodger Davies, and his Cypriot secretary, Antoinette Varnava, are killed in [[Lefkosia]] during anti-US riots in the aftermath of the [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]].
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| − | *[[August 30]]: An unsuccessful attempt is made on the life of Dr. [[Vasos Lyssaridis]], a [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] politician.
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| − | ===September===
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| − | *[[September 3]]: The [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)]] is established.
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| − | *[[September 20]]: [[Georgios Mavros]] is elected leader of the [[Centre Union]] party.
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| − | *[[September 23]]: Greeks and Turks exchange POWs in [[Lefkosia]].
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| − | *[[September 25]]: Communist daily "Rizospastis" ("Radical") reappears on the newstands after an absence of 27 years.
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| − | ===October===
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| − | *[[October 4]]: The [[New Democracy]] Party is founded by [[Constantine Karamanlis]].
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| − | *[[October 23]]: Former [[Junta]] strongmen [[George Papadopoulos]], [[Stylianos Pattakos]] and [[Nikolaos Makarezos]] are exiled to the island of [[Kea]].
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| − | ===November===
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| − | *[[November 6]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] humble Anderlecht 3-0 in the 2nd Leg of their European Champions' Cup matchup. Hungarian referee Palotay disallows two other goals by Olympiakos who are thus eliminated.
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| − | ===December===
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| − | *[[December 7]]: Archbishop [[Makarios III]] returns to [[Cyprus]] for the first time since the [[July 15]] coup d'etat that overthrew him.
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| − | *[[December 8]]: In a democratic referendum held, 69.2% of [[Greek]] people confirmed the [[King_Constantine_II#Abolition_of_the_Monarchy|monarchy's abolition]].
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| − | *[[December 18]]: [[Michail Stasinopoulos]] is appointed [[president of Greece]] after the resignation of Gen. [[Phaedon Gizikis]].
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| − | *[[December 18]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] break a 40 year-old tradition by defeating Bulgaria 2-1 at [[Karaiskaki Stadium]] ([[Stavros Sarafis|Sarafis]], [[Antonis Antoniadis|Antoniadis]])
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| − | *[[December 29]]: [[Costas Mourouzis]] coaches for the 40th, and last, time the [[National Basketball Team]] (22 wins – 18 losses) in the game against Yugoslavia (58-71) in [[Salonica]] for the Balkan Championship. He will be succeeded by [[Vangelis Nikitopoulos]].
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| − | === January ===
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| − | *[[January 23]]: [[Rebekah Elmaloglou]], [[Greek-Australian]] actress
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| − | === March ===
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| − | *[[March 16]]: [[Giorgos Anatolakis]], footballer
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| − | *[[March 27]]: [[George Koumantarakis]], Greek-South African footballer.
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| − | === May ===
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| − | *[[May 30]]: [[Kostas Chalkias]], footballer
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| − | === June ===
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| − | *[[June 1]]: [[Akis Zikos]], footballer
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| − | *[[June 11]]: [[Frangiskos Alvertis]], [[basketball]] player
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| − | ===July===
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| − | *[[July 12]]: [[Stelios Giannakopoulos]], footballer.
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| − | ===August===
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| − | *[[August 14]]: [[Giorgos Doukas]], singer
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| − | === October ===
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| − | *[[October 6]]: [[Alexis Georgoulis]], actor
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| − | == Deaths ==
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| − | ===January===
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| − | *[[January 27]]: [[Georgios Grivas]], military figure and [[EOKA]] commander
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| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 17]]: [[Sotiris Spatharis]], master of the "shadow theatre" ([[Karagiozis]])
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| − | ===October===
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| − | *[[October 1]]: [[Spyros Marinatos]], archaeologist
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| − | *[[October 10]]: [[Athina Mary Livanos]], heiress, wife to [[Aristotle Onassis|Onassis]] and [[Stavros Niarchos|Niarchos]].
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| − | ===December===
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| − | *[[December 16]]: [[Kostas Varnalis]] poet/writer
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