Difference between revisions of "1977"

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January 8: Greek police confiscate 11 tons of hashish in Corinthia. Composer Vasilis Tsitsanis creates a hit-song on the subject: "The boat from Persia".

March 16: In an UEFA Cup return match, AEK equalise QPR's 3-0 score in the first leg and eliminate the English cub on penalties as late-substitute keeper, Nikos Christidis, saves two.

June 4: Greece releases five British plane-spotters imprisoned for spying; they were released after 10 weeks in jail. {BBC)
June 26: Stelios Agloupas becomes the first Greek discus thrower to break the 60m barrier (60.08m).

August 3: Archbishop Makarios III dies and is succeeded to the Presidency of Cyprus by Spyros Kyprianou

November 2: Torrential rains cause the overflow of Kifissos and surrounding rivers. 12 people in Athens and Piraeus die from flood waters.
November 8: Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos announces that he had found the unopened tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina, Pieria prefecture.
November 12: Paphos Bishop Chrysostomos is elected Archbishop of Cyprus.
November 20: New Democracy is declared winner of the elections with 41.85% of the vote. PASOK wins 25.3% and becomes the opposition party.

February 13: Nikolaos Kabanis, president of Aris Thessaloniki and editor of the newspaper Athlitika Nea.

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 *[[June 4]]: Greece releases five British plane-spotters imprisoned for spying; they were released after 10 weeks in jail. {[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4/newsid_2527000/2527187.stm BBC])
 *[[June 26]]: [[Stelios Agloupas]] becomes the first Greek [[discus]] thrower to break the 60m barrier (60.08m).
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+*[[August 3]]: Archbishop [[Makarios III]] dies and is succeeded to the Presidency of [[Cyprus]] by [[Spyros Kyprianou]]
 ===November===