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*[[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 16]]: [[Stavros Niarchos]], shipowner | ||
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===June=== | ===June=== | ||
*[[June 23]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]], politician | *[[June 23]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]], politician | ||
Revision as of 11:24, March 2, 2007
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.
April
- April 18: Fanatic Islamists murder 18 Greek tourists in Cairo, Egypt.
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 8: Cypriot parties, on both sides of the divide, condemn the assassination of Turkish-Cypriot reporter Kutlu Adali.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
September
- 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.
- September 22: Costas Simitis' PASOK wins the Greek general elections.
October
- October 13: Cypriot Petros Kakkoulis is shot dead by Turkish occupation troops as he was gathering snails near Achna.
November
- November 24: Miss Hellas, Irene Skliva, is crowned Miss World.
Deaths
March
- March 18: Odysseus Elytis, Nobel prize winning poet, born in Heraklion, Crete
April
- April 16: Stavros Niarchos, shipowner
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