Difference between revisions of "1967"

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April 3: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos forms a government.
April 21: A military Junta, led by George Papadopoulos, assumes power in Greece after a nearly bloodless coup d'etat.

August 7: Christos Papanikolaou smashes the Greek record in decathlon with 6.073 points.
August 21: Composer/politician Mikis Theodorakis is arrested by the military government of Greece. He will spend the next five months in prison.

September 9: Greek PM Konstantinos Kollias and Turkish PM Suleyman Demirel meet at Kesan, Eastern Thrace, Turkey.

November 2: The first, for Greece, open heart surgery procedure is successfully performed at Evangelismos Hospital in Athens
November 15: A Cypriot patrol, under General Georgios Grivas, is shot at while removing roadblocks around Kofinou. A battle ensues that nearly becomes the cause of war between Greece and Turkey.
November 18: The Greek government recalls Gen Georgios Grivas from Cyprus.
November 20: Coach Marton Bukovi, who helped Olympiakos to their first two Alpha Ethniki championships, resigns after his team loses four games in succession.
November 29: The Pipinelis - Caglayangil accord temporarily halts the Greco-Turkish tension over Cyprus. As part of the accord, Greece was obligated to withdraw the division sent by Georgios Papandreou in 1964.

December 13: King Constantine II flees Greece after an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Junta.

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 *[[November 2]]:  The first, for Greece,  open heart surgery procedure is successfully performed at Evangelismos Hospital in [[Athens]]
 *[[November 15]]: A Cypriot patrol, under General [[Georgios Grivas]], is shot at while removing roadblocks around [[Kofinou]]. A battle ensues that nearly becomes the cause of war between Greece and Turkey.
+*[[November 18]]: The Greek government recalls Gen [[Georgios Grivas]] from [[Cyprus]].
 *[[November 20]]: Coach [[Marton Bukovi]], who helped [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] to their first two [[Alpha Ethniki]] championships, resigns after his team loses four games in succession.
 *[[November 29]]: The [[Panagiotis Pipinelis|Pipinelis]] - Caglayangil accord temporarily halts the Greco-Turkish tension over [[Cyprus]]. As part of the accord, Greece was obligated to withdraw the division sent by [[Georgios Papandreou]] in [[1964]].