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*[[January 2]]: [[Evangelos Averoff]], politician. | *[[January 2]]: [[Evangelos Averoff]], politician. | ||
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===April=== | ===April=== | ||
*[[April 8]]: [[Apostolos Kaldaras]], composer. | *[[April 8]]: [[Apostolos Kaldaras]], composer. | ||
Revision as of 05:59, July 14, 2009
Events
January
- January 27: An Athens Appellate Court acquits Police Officer Athanasios Melistas in the 1985 shooting of 15-year old student Kaltezas.
February
- February 3: Two bazookas are stolen from the Greek War Museum.
- February 5: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November sends a proclamation to the "Epikairotita" newspaper, assuming responsibility for stealing two bazookas from the Greek War Museum.
- February 27: Despite opposition from the Church, divorce laws are reformed and the civil wedding ceremony is introduced in Cyprus.
April
- April 8: New Democracy win the 3rd parliamentary elections held within a year with 46.8% of the vote and 150 seats.
May
- May 4: Constantine Karamanlis is elected President of Greece.
- May 18: 17-year old footballer, Yiannis Tsatsanis - nicknamed "Marcellino" - is kidnapped for ransom. Three months later, he will be found dead near Skourta, Boeotia.
- May 21: Greece recognises the state of Israel.
- May 30: A liver transplant is performed for the first time in Greece.
June
- June 2: AEK defeat Olympiakos 3-2 to win the first Greek League Cup.
- June 29: Maria Christoforidou wins 3 gold medals at the European Weightlifting Championships in Tenerife.
July
- July 4: Cyprus applies for membership in the European Union.
- July 8: Greece and the US sign a new agreement concerning military bases on Greek soil.
September
- September 9: Greek-American Pete Sampras wins his first Grand Slam title after defeating Andre Agassi at the US Open.
October
- October 14: Antonis Tritsis defeats actress-activist Melina Mercouri and is elected Mayor of Athens. Tritsis received 50.15% of the vote against Mercouri's 45.94%.
November
- November 20: Businessman Vardis Vardinoyiannis escapes a rocket attack on his car by the Revolutionary Organisation 17 November.
December
- December 11: The "Hour of the Prime Minister" is established in Parliament. Constantine Mitsotakis answers to Charilaos Florakis on the subject of German World War II reparations
Births
- April 3: Sotiris Ninis, footballer
Deaths
January
- January 2: Evangelos Averoff, politician.
March
- March 13: Zenon Rossides, Cypriot diplomat.
April
- April 8: Apostolos Kaldaras, composer.
May
- May 11: Stratos Dionysiou, laika singer
August
- August 29: Andreas Varikas, manager of Panionios BC dies aged 45. Panionios hold a basketball tournament every year in his honor.
October
- October 21: Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman
November
- November 11: Alexis Minotis, actor
- November 11: Yiannis Ritsos, poet
December
- December 6: Pavlos Sidiropoulos, rock musician.