Difference between revisions of "Phantis:Selected anniversaries/January 16"

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1824: Petrobey Mavromichalis formed a rival government to that of Georgios Kountouriotis, in Tripolis.
1992: Andreas Papandreou was acquitted by a 7-6 vote of a Special Court of the Bank of Crete scandal. His cohorts, Dimitris Tsovolas and Giorgos Petsos, were found guilty.
1996: PM Andreas Papandreou retired from office due to poor health.
Births: Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Christodoulos (1939).
Deaths: Dimitris Horn, actor (1998).

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+*[[1824]]: [[Petrobey Mavromichalis]] formed a rival government to that of [[Georgios Kountouriotis]], in [[Tripolis]].
 *[[1992]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]] was acquitted by a 7-6 vote of a Special Court of the [[Bank of Crete]] scandal. His cohorts, [[Dimitris Tsovolas]] and [[Giorgos Petsos]], were found guilty.
 *[[1996]]: PM [[Andreas Papandreou]] retired from office due to poor health.
-*[[2005]]: A wave of extreme weather conditions (thunderstorms, snowfall and 10 Beaufort gales) cost the lives of two persons: a football fan, 55-year-old Stamatis Georgioudakis, crushed by a metal door in [[Xanthi Stadium]] and a passenger of a snow-plough who was electrocuted when his vehicle got tangled with a severed live wire at the [[Chalkida]] - Edipsos National Highway.
 *Births: [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece [[Christodoulos]] ([[1939]]).
 *Deaths: [[Dimitris Horn]], actor ([[1998]]).