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[[Image:Lambrakis-c_03.jpg|frame|[[Gregoris Lambrakis]]' funeral. [[May 28]], 1963.]]
 
==Events==
 
==Events==
 
===January===
 
===January===
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===April===
 
===April===
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*[[April 20]]: [[Queen Frederika]] visits England where she will become the target of demonstrators.
 
*[[April 21]]:  MP [[Gregoris Lambrakis]] marches alone in the [[Marathon]] to [[Athens]] peace rally that was banned by the police.
 
*[[April 21]]:  MP [[Gregoris Lambrakis]] marches alone in the [[Marathon]] to [[Athens]] peace rally that was banned by the police.
  
 
===May===
 
===May===
 
*[[May 8]]: St. Sevastopoulos breaks the 2m mark for a new Greek record in the [[high jump]].
 
*[[May 8]]: St. Sevastopoulos breaks the 2m mark for a new Greek record in the [[high jump]].
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*[[May 17]]: [[Stjepan Bobek]] takes over as coach of [[Panathinaikos FC]].
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*[[May 18]]: French President, Charles De Gaulle, visits Greece and speaks in the [[Hellenic Parliament]].
 
*[[May 22]]: MP [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] is run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists (Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Gotzamanis) after delivering the keynote speech at a pacifist meeting in [[Thessaloniki]]. He will die five days later.
 
*[[May 22]]: MP [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] is run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists (Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Gotzamanis) after delivering the keynote speech at a pacifist meeting in [[Thessaloniki]]. He will die five days later.
*[[May 27]]: [[Grigoris Lambrakis]], a leftist politician, succumbs to his injuries of [[May 22]].
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*[[May 27]]: [[Grigoris Lambrakis]], a leftist politician, succumbs to his injuries of [[May 22]].
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*[[May 28]]: Hundreds of thousands attend the funeral of murdered MP [[Grigoris Lambrakis]].
  
 
===June===
 
===June===
 
*[[June 2]]:  [[AEK FC|AEK]] defeat [[Iraklis FC|Iraklis]] 5-0 for the Greek League. All five goals are scored by [[Kostas Nestoridis]].
 
*[[June 2]]:  [[AEK FC|AEK]] defeat [[Iraklis FC|Iraklis]] 5-0 for the Greek League. All five goals are scored by [[Kostas Nestoridis]].
*[[June 11]]:  [[Constantine Karamanlis]] resigned the premiership after a disagreement with King [[Paul of Greece]]
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*[[June 11]]:  [[Constantine Karamanlis]] resigns the premiership after a disagreement with King [[Paul of Greece]]
 
*[[June 16]]: King [[Paul of Greece]] appoints [[Panagiotis Pipinelis]] as Prime Minster following [[Constantine Karamanlis|Constantine Karamanlis']] resignation
 
*[[June 16]]: King [[Paul of Greece]] appoints [[Panagiotis Pipinelis]] as Prime Minster following [[Constantine Karamanlis|Constantine Karamanlis']] resignation
 
*[[June 23]]: [[AEK FC|AEK]] celebrate their first post-[[World War II]] championship as they draw 3-3 with [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] in a playoff game. [[Mimis Papaioannou]] (2) and [[Kostas Nestoridis]] score for the champions (the latter directly from a corner kick).
 
*[[June 23]]: [[AEK FC|AEK]] celebrate their first post-[[World War II]] championship as they draw 3-3 with [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] in a playoff game. [[Mimis Papaioannou]] (2) and [[Kostas Nestoridis]] score for the champions (the latter directly from a corner kick).
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===July===
 
===July===
 
*[[July 1]]: [[Aristotle Onassis]] acquires [[Skorpios island]] off the coast of [[Lefkada]].
 
*[[July 1]]: [[Aristotle Onassis]] acquires [[Skorpios island]] off the coast of [[Lefkada]].
*[[July 25]]: [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] footballer, [[Panikos Shailos]], is killed in an automobile accident in [[Athens]]. His passenger, [[Kostas Linoxylakis]], survives.
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*[[July 9]]: [[King Paul]] and [[Queen Frederika]] visit England where they are greeted by mass demonstrations.
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*[[July 12]]: [[King Paul]] and [[Queen Frederika]] return from England where they were the target of mass demonstrations.
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*[[July 25]]: [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] footballer, [[Panikos Shailos]], is killed in an automobile accident in [[Athens]]. His passenger, team mate [[Kostas Linoxylakis]], survives.
  
 
===September===
 
===September===
 
*[[September 18]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] defeat Levski Sofia 1-0 in Istanbul and are crowned Champions of the Balkans. Centre back [[Mimis Stefanakos]] headed home the winning goal in the 87th minute.
 
*[[September 18]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] defeat Levski Sofia 1-0 in Istanbul and are crowned Champions of the Balkans. Centre back [[Mimis Stefanakos]] headed home the winning goal in the 87th minute.
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*[[September 18]]: [[AEK FC|AEK]] play their first match in Europe - a 7-2 loss to AS Monaco (78' [[Kostas Nestoridis|Nestoridis]], 80' [[Fanis Tasinos|Tasinos]]).
 
*[[September 29]]: [[Stylianos Mavromichalis]] forms a caretaker government.
 
*[[September 29]]: [[Stylianos Mavromichalis]] forms a caretaker government.
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*[[September 29]]: In a memorable [[football (soccer)|football]] game, [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] defeat [[AEK FC|AEK]] 5-4 after trailing 0-2 and 1-3.
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===October===
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*[[October 20]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] defeat Zaglebie Sosnowiec of Poland 2-0 in Vienna for the Cupwinners' Cup and become the first club from Greece to advance to the next round of a European Cup.
  
 
===November===
 
===November===
*[[November 3]]: [[Georgios Papandreou]]'s political party, [[Center Union]], emerges the winner in the national elections held, and forms a minority government with 42.2% of the votes.
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*[[November 3]]: [[Georgios Papandreou]]'s political party, [[Center Union]], emerges the winner in the national elections held and forms a minority government with 42.2% of the votes.
 
*[[November 13]]: [[APOEL FC]] set a negative European record as they lose to Sporting Lisbon 16-1 in the first leg of the second round of the Cup Winners' Cup.
 
*[[November 13]]: [[APOEL FC]] set a negative European record as they lose to Sporting Lisbon 16-1 in the first leg of the second round of the Cup Winners' Cup.
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*[[November 25]]: [[Queen Frederica]] attends the funeral of US President John F. Kennedy on behalf of Greece.
 
*[[November 27]]: The players of [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] walk off the pitch when the Bulgarian referee denies them an obvious penalty against [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]]. Olympiakos are awarded the match 2-0 (forfeit).
 
*[[November 27]]: The players of [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] walk off the pitch when the Bulgarian referee denies them an obvious penalty against [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]]. Olympiakos are awarded the match 2-0 (forfeit).
 
*[[November 27]]: [[Cyprus National Football Team|Cyprus]] defeat [[National Football Team|Greece]] 3-1 in the first game ever played between the two teams. [[Mimis Papaioannou]] debuts with Greece.   
 
*[[November 27]]: [[Cyprus National Football Team|Cyprus]] defeat [[National Football Team|Greece]] 3-1 in the first game ever played between the two teams. [[Mimis Papaioannou]] debuts with Greece.   
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===December===
 
===December===
*[[December 3]] : Prime Minister [[Georgios Papandreou]] announces the government's plan to distribute free books to all elementary and highschool students.
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*[[December 3]] : Prime Minister [[Georgios Papandreou]] announces the government's plan to distribute free books to all elementary and high school students.
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*[[December 7]]:  Aristides Pangratidis is arrested for attemped rape of a minor. He will later be convicted as the serial killer "the ogre of Seikh Sou" and sentenced to death.
 
*[[December 9]]:  [[Constantine Karamanlis]] resigns from the leadership of his party, [[National Radical Union]] (ERE), and leaves for an 11 year self-imposed exile to Paris, France.
 
*[[December 9]]:  [[Constantine Karamanlis]] resigns from the leadership of his party, [[National Radical Union]] (ERE), and leaves for an 11 year self-imposed exile to Paris, France.
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*[[December 9]]: Athenian high society is shaken up by the murder of heiress Ioulia Syreggela by her Iranian lover Reza Abbaz Mirtolooi.
 
*[[December 10]]: The Nobel for Literature is awarded for the first time to a Greek; to [[George Seferis]]. In his award speech the poet is quoted as saying: "I belong to a small country. Our place is small but it has a huge tradition... The [[Greek language]] has never stopped being spoken..."
 
*[[December 10]]: The Nobel for Literature is awarded for the first time to a Greek; to [[George Seferis]]. In his award speech the poet is quoted as saying: "I belong to a small country. Our place is small but it has a huge tradition... The [[Greek language]] has never stopped being spoken..."
 
*[[December 21]]: The [[Cyprus]] crisis of 1963-1964 begins with a firefight in [[Nicosia]] that leaves one Greek Cypriot policeman and two Turkish Cypriot civilians dead.
 
*[[December 21]]: The [[Cyprus]] crisis of 1963-1964 begins with a firefight in [[Nicosia]] that leaves one Greek Cypriot policeman and two Turkish Cypriot civilians dead.
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===April===
 
===April===
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*[[April 21]]: [[Thanasis Dimopoulos]], footballer
 
*[[April 24]]: [[Lajos Detari]], footballer
 
*[[April 24]]: [[Lajos Detari]], footballer
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===May===
 
===May===
 
*[[May 12]]: [[Panagiotis Fasoulas]], [[basketball]] player
 
*[[May 12]]: [[Panagiotis Fasoulas]], [[basketball]] player
 
===June===
 
===June===
 
*[[June 14]]: [[Toni Savevski]], football player and coach
 
*[[June 14]]: [[Toni Savevski]], football player and coach
*[[June 25]]: [[George Michael]], [[Greeks in Great Britain|Greek-British]] singer
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*[[June 15]]: [[Daniil Papadopoulos]], footballer
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*[[June 25]]: [[George Michael]], Cypriot-British singer
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===August===
 
===August===
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*[[August 10]]: [[Giorgos Plitsis]], footballer
 
*[[August 13]]: [[Jozef Wandzik]], footballer
 
*[[August 13]]: [[Jozef Wandzik]], footballer
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===September===
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*[[September 23]]: [[Alex Proyas]], [[Greek-Australian]] producer and director
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===October===
 
===October===
 
*[[October 18]]: [[Jimmy Patikas]], [[Greek-Australian]] footballer
 
*[[October 18]]: [[Jimmy Patikas]], [[Greek-Australian]] footballer
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==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
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===January===
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*[[January 11]]: [[Giorgos Fotinos]], footballer
 
===May===
 
===May===
 
*[[May 27]]:  [[Grigoris Lambrakis]], politician
 
*[[May 27]]:  [[Grigoris Lambrakis]], politician

Latest revision as of 17:41, July 21, 2019

Gregoris Lambrakis' funeral. May 28, 1963.

Events

January

February

March

  • March 1: A fixed fine is established for Members of the Greek Parliament who miss a session without a valid excuse.

April

May

June

July

September

October

  • October 20: Olympiakos defeat Zaglebie Sosnowiec of Poland 2-0 in Vienna for the Cupwinners' Cup and become the first club from Greece to advance to the next round of a European Cup.

November

December

  • December 3 : Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou announces the government's plan to distribute free books to all elementary and high school students.
  • December 7: Aristides Pangratidis is arrested for attemped rape of a minor. He will later be convicted as the serial killer "the ogre of Seikh Sou" and sentenced to death.
  • December 9: Constantine Karamanlis resigns from the leadership of his party, National Radical Union (ERE), and leaves for an 11 year self-imposed exile to Paris, France.
  • December 9: Athenian high society is shaken up by the murder of heiress Ioulia Syreggela by her Iranian lover Reza Abbaz Mirtolooi.
  • December 10: The Nobel for Literature is awarded for the first time to a Greek; to George Seferis. In his award speech the poet is quoted as saying: "I belong to a small country. Our place is small but it has a huge tradition... The Greek language has never stopped being spoken..."
  • December 21: The Cyprus crisis of 1963-1964 begins with a firefight in Nicosia that leaves one Greek Cypriot policeman and two Turkish Cypriot civilians dead.
  • December 27: Student rallies take place in Athens and Thessaloniki in favor of a union between Greece and Cyprus.
  • December 30: Banker Ioannis Paraskevopoulos forms a caretaker government as elections are proclaimed for February 1964.
  • December 30: The Green Line, separating the Greek and Turkish sectors of Lefkosia, is agreed upon by the two communities.

Births

March

April

May

June

August

September

October

December

Deaths

January

May

July