1971
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Events
June
- June 2: Panathinaikos play Ajax Amsterdam in the 1971 European Cup Final. Ajax win 2-0.
- June 18: Junta strongman George Papadopoulos threatens Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios III with "bitter measures" should he insist on refusing Papadopoulos' proposals relating to the Turkish Cypriot minority.
Births
January
- January 14: Antonios Nikopolidis, football player, goalkeeper of the Euro 2004 Greek team
August
- August 12: Pete Sampras, Greek-American tennis player
October
- October 13: Pyrros Dimas, weightlifter
- October 27: Theodoros Zagorakis, footballer, captain of the Euro 2004 Greek team
Deaths
August
- August 16: Spyros Skouras, Greek-American President of 20th Century Fox.
September
- September 20: Giorgos Seferis, poet