1960

Events

July

• July 31: Panathinaikos win the first greek league title after beating AEK 2-1

August

• August 16: Cyprus is officially proclaimed a republic with Archbishop Makarios III as president and Dr Fazil Kucuk as vice-president.

September

• September 8: Crown Prince Constantine wins gold at the Rome Olympiad in Dragon class sailing. His crew consisted of Odysseus Eskitzoglou and Giorgos Zaimis.

October

• October 8: General Georgios Grivas announces the formation of a new political party: the "National Recovery Movement".
• October 27:: Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis inaugurates Kaftantzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki

November

• November 6: Panathinaikos play their first official European competitive football game against the Czechoslovakian team of Spartak Hradec Kralove for the European Champions Cup and lose 1-0.

Births

March

• March 29: Marina Sirtis, Greek-British actress.

June

• June 1: Georgios Lilikas, Foreign Minister of Cyprus.

Deaths

May

• May 17: Ioannis Georgiadis, fencer, Olympic Gold Medalist