2013 Event In Greece, Nicos Anastasiades, leader of Cyprus's main opposition Disy party, wins the Presidential race 2008 Event Cyprus replaces it's currency with the Euro 1985 Event Palestinian terrorists kill 3 Israeli sailors at Lanaca Cyprus 1983 Event Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed 1978 Birthday Korina Nikolaou, Miss Cyprus Universe 1997 1978 Event Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus 1978 Event EOKA organization disbands in Cyprus 1977 Event Spyros Kyprianou appointed president of Cyprus 1977 Death Makarios III, Michail Mouskos, archbishop/president (Cyprus), dies at 63 1976 Event Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus 1975 Event Archbishop Makarios returns Cyprus 1975 Event Cyprus premier Denktash procliams Turkish-Cypriot Federation 1974 Event U.N. affirms independence of Cyprus 1974 Death ... Davies, U.S. ambassador on Cyprus, murdered 1974 Event Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus 1974 Event Turkey invades Cyprus 1974 Event Military coup on Cyprus: archbishop/president Makarios flees 1974 Death Georgios Grivas, Greek gen/oppos leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75 1968 Event Makarios re-elected president of Cyprus 1967 Event Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus 1964 Birthday Melinda McGraw, Nicosa Cyprus, actress, Macenzie-Pursuit Of Happiness 1964 Event U.N. troops arrive on Cyprus 1964 Event Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack 1964 Event Greek and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus 1963 Event Greek and Turks riot in Cyprus 1960 Event U.N. General Assembly admit 13 African countries and Cyprus (96 nations) 1960 Event Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus 1959 Event Archbishop Makarios proclaimed president of Cyprus 1959 Event Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus 1959 Event State of emergency on Cyprus ends 1959 Event Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years 1959 Event Britain, Turkey and Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence 1958 Event British parachutists lands on Cyprus 1957 Event Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus visits U.S. 1957 Event Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it 1956 Event French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis 1956 Event General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios 1956 Event Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested and exiled to Seychelles 1955 Event Emergency crisis proclaimed in Cyprus 1955 Event EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus 1955 Event Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece 1946 Event Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus 1931 Birthday George Vassiliou, president of Cyprus, 1988-93 1925 Event Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony 1914 Event Great Britain annexes Cyprus 1913 Birthday Makarios III, Michail Moeskos, archbishop/president Cyprus 1898 Birthday Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus 1879 Event 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London and Cyprus 1878 Event Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes 1205 Death Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies
