1986
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Events
May
- May 23: The Greek Central Intelligence Agency (KYP) is renamed National Intelligence Agency (EYP).
July
- July 5: Nikos Galis scores a record 35 points as Greece beat Panama 110-81 for the World Basketball Championship in Zaragoza
September
- September 13: A powerful earthquake (6.2 on the Richter scale) strikes Kalamata causing extensive damage and five fatalities.
October
- October 12: New Democracy triumphs in the municipal elections as Miltiades Evert is elected Mayor of Athens, Andreas Andrianopoulos is elected Mayor of Piraeus and Stathis Kouvelas is elected Mayor of Thessaloniki.
Deaths
February
- February 26: Amalia Fleming nee Katsouri, wife of Dr. Alexander Fleming and PASOK MP.
September
- September 11: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, intellectual, politician, Prime Minister.
October
- October 29: Mimis Fotopoulos, actor