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, PM of Greece (1981-89, 93-96), 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 PM Andreas Papandreau
1955 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece
1953 U.S. and Greece signs peace treaty (US 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 ... Korysis, PM of Greece, commits suicide
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 Gen 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)
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 Gen 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 [3/25 OS] 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 Sleesw˜k-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
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