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===December=== | ===December=== | ||
| − | *[[December 29]]: | + | *[[December 20]]: [[Charilaos Florakis]] is elected Chairman of the [[Communist Party of Greece]] (KKE), replacing [[Konstantinos Koligiannis]] who had resigned for health reasons. |
| + | *[[December 29]]: [[Cyprus]] proclaims presidential elections to be held on [[February 8]], [[1973]]. [[Makarios III|Makarios]] is the only expected candidate. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
Revision as of 10:54, July 9, 2007
Events
February
- February 16: Thomas Mavros makes his debut with Greece in a match against Holland (0-5) in Athens.
- February 18: An Olympic Aviation Learjet crashed off the coast of Monte Carlo. Both crew members are killed.
March
- March 2: Three Cypriot Metropolitans demand that Makarios III step down from the Presidency of the island-Republic.
- March 4: Greece defeat Italy 2-1 in a friendly at Karaiskaki Stadium. Antonis Antoniadis and Spyros Pomonis score the Greek goals.
May
- May 7: Vasilis Lymperis is found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, two kids and mother in law on January 6.
- May 21: Sofia Sakorafa breaks the Greek record in the javelin with a throw of 41.32m.
June
- June 12: Bobby Moore dons Olympiakos' jersey in the Piraeus team's friendly against Brazilian side Corinthians. The England captain played the full 90 minutes.
- June 30: The Military Government of Greece passes a "quickie divorce" law. Dictator George Papadopoulos will avail himself of his own law to divorce his first wife.
July
- July 13: Iraklis player Aristides Moumoglou sets a Greek basketball record by scoring 145 points in a single game against VAO BC. The final score of the game was Iraklis - VAO 170-94.
- July 30: Archaeologists discover a 6th Century BC temple near Kalentzi, Achaea.
August
- August 4: Vasilis Papageorgopoulos breaks the Greek record for the 100m with a 10.22 performance. The record will stand for 21 years.
- August 25: Vasilis Lymperis' death sentence is carried out; Vasilis Lymperis is the last person to be executed in Greece.
September
- September 8: Elias Hadjipavlis wins silver at the Munich Olympiad in Finn class sailing.
- September 10: Petros Galaktopoulos wins silver at the Munich Olympiad in Greco-Roman wrestling.
October
- October 21: An Olympic Airways NIHON YS-11 crashes off the coast of Voula, Athens. 37 passengers and crew (36 passengers and 1 crew member) drown, while 16 passengers and 3 crew members are rescued.
- October 26: Totis Fylakouris is handed a 4-game ban because, prior to Panathinaikos' game against CSKA Sofia, he left a rooster in midfield as an insult to Olympiakos who had lost the previous day 4-0 to Tottenham Hotspur.
- October 31: Dowry offered for officer weddings is no longer endorsed
December
- December 20: Charilaos Florakis is elected Chairman of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), replacing Konstantinos Koligiannis who had resigned for health reasons.
- December 29: Cyprus proclaims presidential elections to be held on February 8, 1973. Makarios is the only expected candidate.
Births
January
- January 5: Sakis Rouvas, singer.
February
- February 4: Giovanni, football player.
August
- August 16: Stan Lazaridis, Greek-Australian footballer.
November
- November 12: Vasilis Tsiartas, footballer
- November 28: Anastasia Kelesidou, athlete
Deaths
January
February
- February 8: Markos Vamvakaris, composer
July
August
- August 3: Yiannis Papaioannou, rebetika songwriter
- August 25: Vasilis Lymperis, last person executed in Greece.