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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 high jump), [[Olga Vasdeki]] (14.48m in triple jump), [[Alexandros Papadimitriou]] (77.84m in hammer), [[Stelios Bisbas]] (13.61 in 110m hurdles) and [[Katerina Koffa]] (22.66 in 200m) | *[[June 16]]: The Greek Athletics Championships celebrated 100 years at [[OAKA Stadium]]. Five new records were set: [[Niki Bakogianni]] (1.97m in high jump), [[Olga Vasdeki]] (14.48m in triple jump), [[Alexandros Papadimitriou]] (77.84m in hammer), [[Stelios Bisbas]] (13.61 in 110m hurdles) and [[Katerina Koffa]] (22.66 in 200m) | ||
===July=== | ===July=== | ||
| + | *[[July 28]]: Greek gymnast [[Yiannis Melissanidis]] wins gold in the floor exercises at the Atlanta Olympic Games. | ||
| + | *[[July 28]]: Greek weightlifter [[Kakhi Kakhiasvili]] wins gold in the Atlanta Olympic Games. | ||
*[[July 30]]: [[Nikos Kaklamanakis]] wins the olympic gold in Mistral class at the Atlanta Olympics. | *[[July 30]]: [[Nikos Kaklamanakis]] wins the olympic gold in Mistral class at the Atlanta Olympics. | ||
Revision as of 16:27, July 30, 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.
June
- 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
- June 5: EPAE and PSAP agree on applying the new regulation concerning free trading of players from the European Union
- June 16: The Greek Athletics Championships celebrated 100 years at OAKA Stadium. Five new records were set: Niki Bakogianni (1.97m in high jump), Olga Vasdeki (14.48m in triple jump), Alexandros Papadimitriou (77.84m in hammer), Stelios Bisbas (13.61 in 110m hurdles) and Katerina Koffa (22.66 in 200m)
July
- July 28: Greek gymnast Yiannis Melissanidis wins gold in the floor exercises at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
- July 28: Greek weightlifter Kakhi Kakhiasvili wins gold in the Atlanta Olympic Games.
- July 30: Nikos Kaklamanakis wins the olympic gold in Mistral class at the Atlanta 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