1966

Events

August

• August 16: Giorgos Koudas debuts with Olympiakos in a pre-season friendly. Koudas will return to PAOK in 1967 without having played a single competitive game for Olympiakos.

September

• September 6: Dimitrios Tsafendas assassinates Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd of South Africa.

November

• November 30: The University of Patras is inaugurated.

December

• December 8: The ferry "Heraklion" sinks off the Aegean island of Falkonera killing 217 passengers.
• December 29: Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Kotzamanis are found guilty of "grievous bodily injuries" in the Grigorios Lambrakis trial in Thessaloniki. All the other accused are unanimously acquitted.

Births

February

• February 1: Kyros Vassaras, international referee.

March

• March 27: Zarko Paspalj, basketball player.