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==Events==
 
==Events==
 
===January===
 
===January===
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*[[January 9]]: The Greek Foreign Ministry refute the Turkish Foreign Ministry's claim that the [[Imia]] islands are Turkish.
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*[[January 15]]: PSAT awards for ''Best Athletes of 1995'', for the first time in the presence of [[Kostis Stefanopoulos]], president of the Hellenic republic. [[Pyrros Dimas]] becomes the first athlete after [[Nikos Galis]] to be elected three times ''Athlete of The Year''
 
*[[January 16]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]] resigns as Prime Minister of [[Greece]].
 
*[[January 16]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]] resigns as Prime Minister of [[Greece]].
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*[[January 22]]: [[Costas Simitis]] become Prime Minister after [[Andreas Papandreou]]'s resignation due to ill health.
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*[[January 22]]: [[Costas Simitis]] becomes Prime Minister after [[Andreas Papandreou]]'s resignation due to ill health.
 
*[[January 23]]: [[Greece]] submits her candidacy as host country of the [[2004]] Olympics.
 
*[[January 23]]: [[Greece]] submits her candidacy as host country of the [[2004]] Olympics.
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*[[January 26]]: The Mayor of [[Kalymnos]], Dimitris Diakomichalis, raises the [[Greek flag]] over the [[Imia]] islands in response to Turkey's claim that they are Turkish.
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*[[January 27]]: Two Turkish newsmen from Hurriyet land by helicopter on the [[Imia]] islands and raise the Turkish flag in place of the [[Greek flag|Greek one]].
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*[[January 28]]: Sailors from the [[Hellenic Navy]] patrol boat "Antoniou" land on the [[Imia]] islands, lower the Turkish flag and raise the [[Greek flag]]. Greek frogmen take up positions on the islands.
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*[[January 31]]: [[Greece]] and Turkey nearly go to war over the uninhabited [[Imia]] islands. The crisis is eventually averted but not before a Greek helicopter crashes. Its three-man crew is lost.
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===February===
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*[[February 15]]: The [[Revolutionary Organisation 17 November]] launch a mortar attack on the US Embassy in [[Athens]].
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===March===
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*[[March 1]]: The Greek Supreme Court "Areios Pagos" declares unconstitutional the confiscation of the [[Tatoi|Royal property]] in [[Greece]].
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*[[March 10]]: [[Olympiakos]] win the European Cupwinners' Cup in volleyball, defeating Bayer Wuppertal 3-2 at the [[Peace and Friendship Stadium]].
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*[[March 13]]: [[Constantine Mitsotakis]] asks [[Hellenic Parliament|Parliament]] to free the [[Junta]] members that are still imprisoned.
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*[[March 16]]: [[Theodoros Angelopoulos]] receives an award as the best European screen director.
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*[[March 29]]: The [[Cyprus Stock Exchange]] commences operations.
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===April===
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*[[April 11]]: [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] defeat Barcelona 67-66 and win the European Euroleague.
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*[[April 13]]: Long distance runner, [[Yiannis Kouros]] runs 293.7 km in 24 hours.
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*[[April 18]]: Fanatic Islamists murder 18 Greek tourists in Cairo, Egypt.
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===May===
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*[[May 19]]: [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] humble [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] 73-38 and are crowned [[basketball]] champions of [[Greece]]. The point differential was the largest recorded in Greek basketball playoff history.
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*[[May 30]]: Former [[AEK FC|AEK]] midfielder [[Vasilis Tsartas]] signs with Sevilla.
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===June===
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*[[June 4]]: [[Dusan Bajevic]] leaves [[AEK FC|AEK]] to coach [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]].
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*[[June 5]]: [[Giorgos Donis]] becomes the most expensive Greek football player after signing with Blackburn for 1.1 billion drachmas. He also becomes the first Greek to play in the Premiership
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*[[June 5]]: [[EPAE]] and [[PSAP]] agree on applying the new regulation concerning free trading of players from the European Union
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*[[June 8]]: Radio station [[Sport FM]] begins broadcasting.
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*[[June 8]]: [[Niki Xanthou]] breaks the Greek women's record in the [[long jump]] with  7.01m.
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*[[June 10]]: Ecumenical [[Patriarch Bartholomew I]] is named an honourary member of the [[Athens Academy]].
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*[[June 16]]:  The Greek Athletics Championships celebrated 100 years at [[OAKA Stadium]]. Five new records were set: [[Niki Bakogianni]] (1.97m in the [[high jump]]), [[Olga Vasdeki]] (14.48m in the [[triple jump]]), [[Alexandros Papadimitriou]] (77.84m in [[hammer throw|hammer]]), [[Stelios Bisbas]] (13.61 in the [[110m hurdles]]) and [[Katerina Koffa]] (22.66 in the [[200m]])
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*[[June 26]]: Thousands attend the funeral of former PM [[Andreas Papandreou]] in [[Athens]].
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===July===
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*[[July 8]]: [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] parties, on both sides of the divide, condemn the assassination of Turkish-Cypriot reporter Kutlu Adali.
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*[[July 26]]: Weightlifter [[Pyrros Dimas]] wins gold in the Atlanta Olympic Games.
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*[[July 27]]: [[Leonidas Kokkas]] wins silver in weightlifting in the Atlanta Olympic Games.
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*[[July 28]]: Greek gymnast [[Yiannis Melissanidis]] wins gold in the floor exercises at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
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*[[July 28]]: Greek weightlifter [[Kakhi Kakhiasvili]] wins gold in the Atlanta Olympic Games.
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*[[July 30]]: [[Nikos Kaklamanakis]] wins the olympic gold in Mistral class at the Atlanta Olympics.
  
 
===August===
 
===August===
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*[[August 14]]: [[Solomos Solomou]] is shot dead by a Turkish Cypriot politician at [[Derynia]], [[Cyprus]].
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*[[August 3]]: Greece beats Brazil 91-72 during the Atlanta Olympic Games Basketball Tournament. [[Panagiotis Yiannakis]], who participates for the last time with the national basketball team, scores 3 points and reaches 5291 in 351 games, being first in front of [[Panagiotis Fassoulas]] (2384 / 243) and [[Fanis Christodoulou]] (2255 / 219) in caps.
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*[[August 3]]: [[Niki Bakogianni]] wins the silver medal in high jump with 2.03m at the Atlanta Olympics. Stefka Konstadinova of Bulgaria takes first place with 2.05m.
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*[[August 11]]: [[Tasos Isaak]] is clubbed to death by Turks in [[Derynia]], [[Cyprus]].
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*[[August 11]]: Muslim Albanians vandalise the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox ]] church of St Michael, in [[Moschopolis]], [[Northern Epirus|southern Albania]].
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*[[August 14]]: [[Solomos Solomou]] is shot dead by a Turkish Cypriot politician in [[Derynia]], [[Cyprus]].
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===September===
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*[[September 9]]: The government of [[Cyprus]] publishes evidence that [[Solomos Solomou]] was shot dead by Kenan Akin, "minister of agriculture" of the so-called Turkish Republic of N. Cyprus.
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*[[September 13]]: The first TV debate in Greek political history takes place as [[Costas Simitis]] takes on [[Miltiades Ewert]] prior to the general elections.
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*[[September 22]]: [[Costas Simitis]]' [[PASOK]] wins the Greek general elections.
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===October===
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*[[October 13]]: [[Cypriot]] Petros Kakkoulis is shot dead by Turkish occupation troops as he was gathering snails near [[Achna]].
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*[[October 30]]: [[Panagiotis Giannakis]] debuts on the bench of the [[National Basketball Team]] of Greece, in a game against Israel.
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===November===
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*[[November 5]]: The Greek warship "Kostakos" is hit by another vessel and sinks. Four sailors drown.
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*[[November 24]]: [[Miss Star Hellas#Winners: Miss Hellas - Μις Ελλάς|Miss Hellas]], [[Irene Skliva]], is crowned Miss World.
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===December===
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*[[December 28]]: The SS "Dystos" sinks off the coast of [[Euboea]]. Twenty passengers drown.
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*[[December 30]]: First Eurostars (the European All-Star Basketball Game) is held in Istanbul. [[Panagiotis Fassoulas]], [[Giorgos Sigalas]], David Rivers, [[Nikos Economou]] and Yurij Zdovc play for the East (led by [[Dusan Ivkovic]])
  
 
==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
 
===March===
 
===March===
 
*[[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]]
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===April===
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*[[April 3]]: [[Georgios Charidimos]], [[Karagiozis|Shadow theatre (Karagiozis)]] artist.
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*[[April 16]]: [[Stavros Niarchos]], shipowner
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===June===
 
===June===
 
*[[June 23]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]], politician
 
*[[June 23]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]], politician
 
*[[June 30]]: [[Lakis Petropoulos]], football player and coach.
 
*[[June 30]]: [[Lakis Petropoulos]], football player and coach.
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===July===
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*[[July 23]]: [[Aliki Vougiouklaki]], actress
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===August===
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*[[August 7]]: [[Stavros Fryganas]], chess champion and official.
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*[[August 8]]: [[Nikos Vallianos]], footballer.
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*[[August 11]]: [[Tasos Isaak]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] patriot.
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*[[August 14]]: [[Solomos Solomou]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] patriot.
  
 
===September===
 
===September===

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