| Nov 3, 1935 | Plebescite shows 97% of
voters want return of King. | Nov 25, 1993 | King George II returns to Greece | Jan
26, 1935 | Elections are close between Populists and
republicans, Communists holding the balance. | Jan-Apr 1936 | General Kondylis,
Venizelos and Prime Minister Dermitzis die. King asks General Ioannis Metaxas
to from government. Metaxas spurred by continuing political problems and the
Communist threat takes dictatorial powers which the King supports. | Aug 4, 1936 | Dictatorship formally
established, various articles of the constitution were suspended, press
censorship established, parliament dissolved; announcement provoked little
public reaction. King felt Metaxas was only one could prepare Greece for war. | 1936-1940 | Metaxas tried to create
a new Greek society, to replace selfish individualism and disillusionment with
new corporate and Christian loyalties. Began E.O.N. Youth Movement | 1940-1945 | World
War II | Oct 28, 1940 | Metaxas
says "OXI" to the Italians request for capitulation. Italians invade
Epirus | Jan 29, 1941 | Metaxas
dies. | April 1941 | Germany and Italy occupy
Greece | Oct 31, 1944 | Germans
evacuate northern Greece | 1946-1950 | Greek Civil War | Mar 7,1947 | Dodecanese ceded to Greece
by Italians after WWII and last territorial addition to present day Greece | 1960 | Cyprus gains independence from
Britain | Dec 7, 1965 | Catholic
and Orthodox churches cancelled excommunications of 1054 | April 22, 1967 | Coup of Greek colonels;
'demotiki' banned from schools replaced by 'katherevousa'. | 1974 | Greek Junta falls; Turkish invasion of
Cyprus | 1974 to 1981 | Karamanlis
and conservatives(Nea Demokratia) | 1981 to 1990
| Andreas Papandreou and socialist PASOK party rule Greece
| 1990
| Constantine Mitsotakis and Nea Demokratia barely win
majority of vote after three attempts at elections | 1995 | PASOK wins elections under Papandreou
| Dec 1995 | Papandreou
falls ill and resigns as Prime Minister but remains head of PASOK party | Jan 1996 | Constantinos Simitis chosen
by PASOK as Prime Minister | June 1996 | Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece for 10 years, dies | August/September 1996 | Simitis calls
for elections; PASOK wins elections and Simitis again elected Prime Minister | |
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