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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
===January=== | ===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 22]]: [[Costas Simitis]] become Prime Minister after [[Andreas Papandreou]]'s resignation due to ill health. | ||
===August=== | ===August=== | ||
Revision as of 12:58, March 22, 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.
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
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