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.

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 20: Coach Marton Bukovi, who helped Olympiakos to their first two Alpha Ethniki championships, resigns after his team loses four games in succession.

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

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 ==Events==
 ===April===
+*[[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.