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2009 Dozens are killed and injured when wildfires spread across France, Spain, Sardinia and Greece
2008 Prince Aristide Stavros of Greece and Denmark, born in Los Angeles, California 1997 Athen's Greece selected for 2004 Olympics 1996 Irebe Skliva, 18, of Greece, crowned 46th Miss World 1996 Georgios Zoitakis, leader of Greece (1967-72), dies 1996 Andreas George Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece 1981 - 1989, 1993 - 1996, dies at 76 1995 6.5 earthquake hits Greece 1995 President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns 1995 Costis Stephanopoulos becomes president of Greece 1989 Xenophobia Zolotas sworn in as premier of Greece 1986 4 U.S. passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece 1985 Andreas Papandreous PASOK-party wins election in Greece 1985 Christos Sartzetakis elected president of Greece 1981 Pasakevi Kouna of Greece (9) is youngest International gymnastics participant 1981 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2 1981 Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community 1980 Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-million-gallon spill 1979 European Market accepts Greece as member 1978 Irene Skliva, born in Athens, Greece, Miss World 1996 1976 Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33 1976 Elina Zisi, Miss Greece Universe 1997 1975 Greece adopts constitution 1973 Spyris Markezinis forms government in Greece 1969 Brady Katytman, Greece, New York, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics 1968 Suzi Simpson, Athens Greece, playmate, Jan, 1992 1968 Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61 1968 Greece, Portugal and Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague 1967 Mikis Theodorakis arrested in Greece 1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece 1967 Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier 1965 Angeliki Kaneltopoutous, Greece, tennis star 1965 Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Greece, tennis star 1965 Athanassiades Novas succeeds Papandreo as premier of Greece 1964 Greece and Bulgaria close boundaries 1964 Constantine succeeds Paul I as king of Greece 1964 King Paul I, of Greece (1947-64), dies at 62 1964 Papandreou Government takes power in Greece 1964 Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69 1962 Greece enters European Common Market 1962 Tommy Lee, Greece, drummer, Motley Crue, wed H Locklear/Pam Anderson 1962 Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain 1961 Karamanlis becomes premier of Greece 1959 Britain, Turkey and Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence 1957 Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it 1955 Dimitra Papandreau, born in Greece, wife of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreau 1955 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece 1953 U.S. and Greece signs peace treaty (U.S. bases) 1953 Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies 1948 CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece 1947 Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier 1947 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece 1947 George II, king of Greece, dies at 56 1946 King George II of Greece returns from exile 1946 Greece votes for monarchy 1946 50th Boston Marathon won by Stylianos Kyriakides of Greece in 2:29:27 1944 King George II of Greece, abdicates his throne 1944 Greece: British premier Churchill flies back to London 1944 British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece 1944 Papandreou government in Greece forms 1943 Final convoy of Jews from Salonika Greece arrive at Auschwitz 1941 Last British troops in Greece surrenders 1941 German troops occupy Athens Greece 1941 British army begins evacuation of Greece 1941 Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt 1941 Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany 1941 50,000 British soldiers lands in Greece 1940 Greece successfully resists Italy's attack 1940 Constantine II, deposed King of Greece, 1964-73 1938 General Metaxas names himself premier of Greece 1936 Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece 1936 Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece 1935 King George II returns to Greece after 12 years 1935 George II returns to Greece and regains monarchy 1934 English King George V weds princess Marina of Greece/Denmark 1934 George Stamatoyannopoulos, born in Greece, medical genetics researcher 1934 Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Romania) 1933 Costantinos Gavras, born in Greece, known as Costa-Gavras, French filmmaker, created political-themed films, known for fast-paced thriller titled Z, first film titled Missing, 1982 1930 Turkey and Greece sign a treaty of friendship 1930 22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista, Greece 1929 Alexander Zaimis elected President of Greece 1929 Sid Kroft, born in Athens, Greece, puppeteer, Barbara Mandrell Show 1927 Sea battle at Navarino (Greece freed of Ottoman occupation) 1926 Pavlos Koundouris becomes president of Greece 1926 Irene Papas, born in Corinth, Greece, actress, Moses The Lawgiver 1925 Melina Mercouri, Athens Greece, actress/politician, Never on a Sunday 1925 Mikis Michael George Theodorakis, Chios Greece, composer, Raven 1925 Military putsch under General Theodorus Pangulos in Greece 1924 Admiral Paul Koundouriotis becomes president of Greece 1924 Greece becomes a republic 1923 Constantine I, king of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at 54 1922 6 old minsters in Greece, executed 1922 Turkey and Greece sign cease fire 1922 Government of Alexandros Zaimis forms in Greece 1922 King Constantine I of Greece abdicates 1921 Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey and Greece 1921 Philip Mountbatten, born in Greece, Duke of Edinburgh/Prince, Mr. Elizabeth II 1920 Alexander, king of Greece (1917-20), dies after ape bite at 27 1920 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31 1920 Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar 1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece 1918 Konstantinos Mitsottakis, premier of Greece, 1990- 1917 Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece 1916 Greece declares war on Germany 1916 German troops conquer Kavalla Greece 1914 British Gloucester vs German Breslau/Goeben off Greece 1913 Greece formally takes possession of Crete 1913 Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria 1913 George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67 1912 Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact 1912 Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declares war on Turkey 1911 Odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis, Greece, poet, Nobel 1979 1910 Dragoumis government forms in Greece 1909 Stavros Niachos, born in Greece, shipping magnate, Those Fabulous Greeks 1908 Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece 1907 Anghelos Terzakis, Greece, writer, Without God 1906 Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/husband of English prince George 1906 10th anniversary Olympic games close at Athens, Greece 1906 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece 1906 Aristotle Onassis, born in Greece, rich shipping magnate 1905 Theodoros Delyannis, premier Greece, murdered 1903 Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer 1901 Paul I, King of Greece, 1947-64 1900 Giorgios Seferis, Greece, poet, Nobel 1963 1899 Konstantijn Tsatsos, president Greece 1897 Battle at Thessalie: Turkish army beats Greece 1896 1st Olympic games close at Athens, Greece 1896 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece, American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history 1896 Modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece 1896 Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 1896 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor/composer 1894 Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece, 1944, 50-51 1893 Alexander, king of Greece, 1917-20 1891 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews 1890 George II, king of Greece 1888 Giorgio De Chirico, born in Greece, Metaphysical painter, Soothsayer 1885 Nikos Kazantazakis, Greece, writer, Zorba, Last Temptation of Christ 1878 Greece declares war on Turkey 1875 Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58 1868 Constantine I, king of Greece 1864 Eleftherios K Venizalos, premier of Greece, 1910-15, 28-32 1864 Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece 1863 Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswok-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece 1850 British blockade Piraeus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims 1832 Greece becomes independent republic 1832 Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece 1831 Joannis Capodistrias, President of Greece (1829-31), murdered 1828 Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence 1821 Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day) 1820 Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack 1818 Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece 1795 Jean-Jacques Barthelemy, French historian (Ancient Greece), dies 1621 Battle at Dragetsani: Turkish army beats Greece 1346 King Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece 1308 Johannieter knights conquer Rhodos on the Greece 701 John VI of Greece begins his reign as Catholic Pope 427 Plato, born in Athens, Greece, writer, philosopher, mathematician, laid foundations of natural philosophy, science, Western philosophy |
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