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| − | *[[August 14]]: [[Solomos Solomou]] is shot dead by a Turkish Cypriot politician | + | *[[August 11]]: [[Tasos Isaak]] is clubbed to death by Turks in [[Derynia]], [[Cyprus]]. |
| + | *[[August 14]]: [[Solomos Solomou]] is shot dead by a Turkish Cypriot politician in [[Derynia]], [[Cyprus]]. | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 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 11: Tasos Isaak is clubbed to death by Turks in Derynia, Cyprus.
- August 14: Solomos Solomou is shot dead by a Turkish Cypriot politician in 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