1967
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Events
April
- April 21: A military Junta, led by George Papadopoulos, assumes power in Greece after a nearly bloodless coup d'etat.
May
- May 1: Footballer Mimis Domazos marries popular singer Vicky Moscholiou.
- May 14: Palace Priest Hieronymus is elected Archbishop of Athens.
August
- 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
- November 2: The first, for Greece, open heart surgery procedure is successfully performed at Evangelismos Hospital in Athens
December
- December 13: King Constantine II flees Greece after an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Junta.
Births
- February 26: Rainer Rauffmann, German-Cypriot footballer