1960 in Greece

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This page concerns the events in 1960 in Greece :

Events
16 August: Independence of Cyprus, the inhabitants demand Enosis (the unification of Cyprus with Greece).
September 20-26: Greek Film Week at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Discovery of the Mycenean armor of Dendra during archaeological excavations.

Film release
Snow White and the Seven Old Boys
Crime behind the scenes
Never Sunday
Maddalena
Mia tou Klephti...
Our last spring
The River

Music
The song Les Enfants du Pirée, performed by Melina Mercouri, for the film Never Sunday (Jules Dassin 1960), gets the Oscar of the best original song.

Sport

Greek Football Championship 1959-1960
Greek Football Championship 1960-1961

Establishment

football club
Anagennisi Arta

Veria F.C.

Birth
7 March: Ekateríni Papanátsiou, politician.
1 April: Lína Mendóni, archaeologist, minister.
9 April: Sveróni-Chondronássiou, political personality.
August 11: Andreas Xanthós, political personality.
7 November: Ólga Malea, director and screenwriter.
17 December: Ouranía Antonopoúlou, economist and politician.
Yannis Behrakis, photojournalist.

Deaths
February 20: Vassílis Logothetídis, actor.
March 30: Eléni Lambíri, composer and conductor.
Thalia Flora-Karavia, painter.