1974 in Greece

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This page relates to events in 1974 in Greece:

Events
15 July: Attempted coup d'état in Cyprus, by the colonels, with the aim of overthrowing the government of Makários III in order to link the island to Greece (Enosis). It leads to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, to protect the Turkish minority.
21-22 July : : clandestine air transport operation during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, with the aim of transporting a battalion of Greek commandos from Souda, Crete, Nicosia, Cyprus.
23 July:
End of the dictatorship of colonels (1967)-1974.
End of the Androutsópoulos government.
24 July-21 November: Government of Konstantínos Karamanlís V (Transition to Democracy Government).
September 8: The , connecting Tel Aviv to New York via Athens and Rome , crashed into the Ionian Sea. A bomb was placed on board, resulting in the death of the women.
23-29 September: Greek Film Festival
17 November: Legislative elections
21 November: Government of Konstantínos Karamanlís VI
8 December: Referendum for the maintenance of the republic, established at the end of the dictatorship of the colonels: the Third Republic is confirmed.
18 December:

Film release
Colors of the iris
Esmé, the little Turk
Kierion
Megara
The Murderer
Modelo
Pavlos Melas
The Rehearsal
Under a derisory Pretext

Sport

Greek Football Championship 1973-1974
Greece Football Championship 1974-1975

Establishment
Basilica Saint-André-Apostle of Patras
German military cemetery in Máleme
(political party)

Metropole of Kesariani, Byron and Hymette
Mésogé and Lauréotique Metropole
Metropolis of Mégare and Salamin
Metropole of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia
Metropolis of Nea Smýrni
Métropole de Peristerion
Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK - political party)
New Democracy (political party)
Prespa National Park
(political party)

Birth
Frangískos Alvertis, basketball player.
Konstantínos Chalkiás, footballer.
Theódoros Chatziantoníou, volleyball player.
Réna Doúrou, Governor of Attica.
Níkos Froúsos, footballer.
Konstantínos Karamanlís, political personality.
Fánis Kateryannákis, footballer.
Vicky Kaya, model, actress, TV presenter and entrepreneur.
Vassílios Kikílias, Minister.
Panayiótis Liadélis, basketball player.
Evangelia Psárra, archer.
Alexis Tsípras, Prime Minister.
Stélios Yannakópoulos, footballer.
Andreas Zíkos, footballer.

Deaths
Douglas Hawkes, English car racer.
Michael Tombros, sculptor.
Kóstas Várnalis, writer and poet.