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===March=== | ===March=== | ||
*[[March 3]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] thrash [[Fostiras FC|Fostiras]] 11-0 in a Greek League match at [[Karaiskaki Stadium]]. [[Nikos Gioutsos]] and [[Yves Triantafillos]] score 3 goals each. | *[[March 3]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] thrash [[Fostiras FC|Fostiras]] 11-0 in a Greek League match at [[Karaiskaki Stadium]]. [[Nikos Gioutsos]] and [[Yves Triantafillos]] score 3 goals each. | ||
| + | ===April=== | ||
| + | *[[April 28]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] and World Champions Brazil play to a 0-0 draw before 100,000 spectators at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. | ||
===July=== | ===July=== | ||
Revision as of 08:23, July 11, 2007
Events
January
- January 13: Metropolitan Serafim of Ioannina is elected Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.
- January 28: Archbishop Makarios III declares a 3-day mourning period, throughout Cyprus, over the death of his political opponent Georgios Grivas.
March
- March 3: Olympiakos thrash Fostiras 11-0 in a Greek League match at Karaiskaki Stadium. Nikos Gioutsos and Yves Triantafillos score 3 goals each.
April
- April 28: Greece and World Champions Brazil play to a 0-0 draw before 100,000 spectators at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
July
- July 15: The Cyprus National Guard overthrows President Makarios and installs Nikos Sampson in his place.
- July 20: Turkey invades Cyprus.
- July 21: Greek athlete Giorgos Katsanis is killed in a battle near St. Hilarion Castle during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. His club, Iraklis Thessaloniki will rename their volleyball stadium in his honour.
- July 23: The military government in Greece collapses and former prime minister Constantine Karamanlis is invited to return.
- July 23: Nikos Sampson, junta-appointed President of Cyprus, resigns and is replaced by Parliament President Glafkos Clerides
- 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 16: Morphou is occupied by Turkish troops, its inhabitants flee.
- August 16: Andreas Papandreou returns to Greece.
- 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.
November
- November 6: Olympiakos humble Anderlecht 3-0 in the 2nd Leg of their European Champions' Cup matchup. Hungarian referee Palotay disallowes two other goals by Olympiakos who are thus eliminated.
December
- December 8: In a democratic referendum held, 69.2% of Greek people confirmed the monarchy's abolition.
- December 18: Greece break a 40 year-old tradition by defeating Bulgaria 2-1 at Karaiskaki Stadium (Sarafis, Antoniadis)
- 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
- June 11: Frangiskos Alvertis, basketball player
July
- July 12: Stelios Giannakopoulos, footballer.
October
- October 6: Alexis Georgoulis, actor
Deaths
January
- January 27: Georgios Grivas, military figure and EOKA commander
April
- April 17: Sotiris Spatharis, master of the "shadow theatre" (Karagiozis)
October
- October 1: Spyros Marinatos, archaeologist
December
- December 16: Kostas Varnalis poet/writer