1974

Events

January

• January 13: Metropolitan Serafim of Ioannina is elected Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.

July

• July 15: The Cyprus National Guard overthrows President Makarios and installs Nikos Sampson in his place.
• July 20: Turkey invades Cyprus.
• July 23: The military government in Greece collapses and former prime minister Constantine Karamanlis is invited to return.
• July 30: Foreign ministers from Greece, Turkey and the UK sign a peace agreement to settle the Cyprus crisis.

August

• 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.
• August 30: An unsuccessful attempt is made on the life of Dr. Vasos Lyssaridis, a Cypriot politician.

September

• September 3: The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) is established

October

• October 4: The New Democracy Party is founded by Constantine Karamanlis.
• October 23: Former Junta strongmen George Papadopoulos, Stylianos Pattakos and Nikolaos Makarezos are exiled to the island of Kea.

December

• December 8: In a democratic referendum held, 69.2% of Greek people confirmed the monarchy's abolition.
• 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.

Births

March

• March 16: Giorgos Anatolakis, footballer

June

• June 1: Akis Zikos, footballer

October

• October 6: Alexis Georgoulis, actor

Deaths

January

• January 27: Georgios Grivas, military figure and EOKA commander

October

• October 1: Spyros Marinatos, archaeologist

December

• December 16: Kostas Varnalis poet/writer