The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Greece.
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See also: | Other events of 1973 List of years in Greece |
Incumbents
edit- Monarch: Constantine II (until 1 June)
- President: Georgios Papadopoulos (1 June to 25 November), Phaedon Gizikis (starting 25 November)
- Regent: Georgios Papadopoulos (until 31 May)
- Prime Minister: Georgios Papadopoulos (until 8 October), Spyros Markezinis (8 October to 25 November), Adamantios Androutsopoulos (starting 25 November)
Events
edit- June 1: Military government abolishes the monarchy.
- July 29: Republic referendum held. Abolition of monarchy confirmed.
- November 14–17: Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military junta governing the country. The uprising ended in a bloodshed after the intervention of the military.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ (16 November 2014). "11 ενδιαφέροντα πράγματα για την εξέγερση του Πολυτεχνείου". Lifo Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Πολυτεχνείο – 45 χρόνια μετά: Πολύτιμη πηγή γνώσης, έμπνευσης και παραδειγματισμού". Nea Selida. 17 November 2018. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Πολυτεχνείο: 40 χρόνια μετά". Greek Reporter. 16 November 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Past present" and quote:Markezinis had humiliated himself by 'requesting' Papadopoulos to reimpose martial law in the wake of the November 17 uprising at the Athens Polytechnic , Athens News, 4 October 2002 through Internet Archive
- ^ BBC: On this day Archived 2017-04-27 at the Wayback Machine quote: It follows growing unrest in Greece, and comes eight days after student uprisings in which 13 people died and hundreds were injured..
External links
editMedia related to 1973 in Greece at Wikimedia Commons