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1954
 
    
George Grivas leads a guerrilla movement, EOKA, fighting for Cyprus's independence from Britain and union with Greece       
c. 1955
 
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Archaeologists at Olympia excavate the workshop of the Greek classical sculptor Phidias      
1965
 
    
Maria Callas gives her last performance, as Tosca at Covent Garden in London       
1967
 
   
A coup in Greece brings in an incompetent and repressive military junta that becomes known as the 'Greek colonels'      
1968
 
    
Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis marries Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of the assassinated president       
c. 1977
 
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Royal tombs are excavated at Vergina, in Macedonia, probably including that of Philip of Macedon       
2010  April 23
 
    
Greece is promised an EU and IMF bail-out package of 45 billion euros to cope with its high level of national debt       
2010  April 27
 
   
Greece's credit rating is downgraded by Standard & Poor to BB+ ('junk'), causing a run on global stock markets      
2010  May 1
 
    
Severe austerity measures in Greece persuade Germany to back an increased EU and IMF bail-out package of 110 billion euros       
2011  July 22
 
    
Eurozone leaders agree a second bail-out package for Greece of €109 billion