replaced with Glafkos Klerides. The coup regime ends. A general ceasefire is declared. 1974, 23 July: Junta-appointed President Phaedon Gizikis calls a meeting of old guard politicians with the participation of the commanders of the armed forces. Konstantinos Karamanlis is chosen to assume the premiership. Third Hellenic Republic (1974–today) 1974, 24 July: Constantine Karamanlis returns with the French Presidential jet. Democracy in Athens is restored. 1974, 14 August: Second phase of the Attila Operation in Cyprus. The Turkish forces advance capturing the 37% of the island. A total of about 3,000 are killed or missing. Another 200,000 become refugees. 1974, 14 August: Greece withdraws its forces from NATO's military command structure, as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. 1974, 8 September: TWA Flight 841 crashes into the Ionian Sea. All 79 passengers and 9 crew members are killed. 1974, 1 October: Death of Spyridon Marinatos, one of the premier Greek archaeologists of the 20th century. 1974: Makarios returns as President in Cyprus. 1974, 13 December: With a national referendum, the monarchy is not restored and a parliamentary republic is established. 1974, 18 December: President pro tempore Phaedon Gizikis is replaced by Michail Stasinopoulos, the first duly elected President of the Third Hellenic Republic. 1975, August: Greek Junta Trials. 1977, 3 August: Cypriot President Makarios dies unexpectedly of heart failure. 1978, 20 June: The 6.2 Thessaloniki earthquake shakes Northern Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Fifty people were killed. 1980: Greek forces are readmitted in NATO. 1981, 1 January: Greece joins the European Community. 1981, 24 February: A strong earthquake strikes Athens and Corinth, resulting in 20 deaths. 1981, 21 October: Andreas Papandreou becomes Greece's first socialist Premier. 1986, 2 April: TWA Flight 840 is bombed on the way to Athens, sucking out 4 people aboard; the plane lands safely. 1986, 13 September: The Kalamata earthquake causes much damage and kills 20 people. 1987: The Sismik incident. Premier Andreas Papandreou orders the ship to be sunk if found within Greek waters. 1989: Political crisis after a series of elections in which no party secured a substantial percentage of popular vote, nor was willing to participate with a coalition. 1989, 3 August: Flight 330 of the Olympic Airways from Thessaloniki to Samos crashes in the Kerketeus range of mountains. All 34 people aboard are killed. 1989, 26 September: Greek liberal politician Pavlos Bakoyannis is assassinated by the