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*[[March 18]]: [[Odysseus Elytis]], [http://nobelprize.org/ Nobel prize] winning poet, born in [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]] | *[[March 18]]: [[Odysseus Elytis]], [http://nobelprize.org/ Nobel prize] winning poet, born in [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]] | ||
===June=== | ===June=== | ||
| − | *[[June 23]]: | + | *[[June 23]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]], politician |
| + | *[[June 30]]: [[Lakis Petropoulos]], football player and coach. | ||
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===September=== | ===September=== | ||
*[[September 17]]: [[Spiro Agnew]], [[Greek-American]] Vice-President of the United States. | *[[September 17]]: [[Spiro Agnew]], [[Greek-American]] Vice-President of the United States. | ||
Revision as of 16:52, April 28, 2006
Events
January
- January 16: Andreas Papandreou resigns as Prime Minister of Greece.
- January 22: Costas Simitis become Prime Minister after Andreas Papandreou's resignation due to ill health.
- January 23: Greece submits her candidacy as host country of the 2004 Olympics.
August
- August 14: Solomos Solomou is shot dead by a Turkish Cypriot politician at Derynia, Cyprus.
Deaths
March
- March 18: Odysseus Elytis, Nobel prize winning poet, born in Heraklion, Crete
June
- June 23: Andreas Papandreou, politician
- June 30: Lakis Petropoulos, football player and coach.
September
- September 17: Spiro Agnew, Greek-American Vice-President of the United States.
October
- October 21: Georgios Zoitakis, member of the military regime that ruled Greece from 1967-1974