1992
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Events
January
- January 8: Nikos Galis is voted 6th best all-time European basketball player by readers of FIBA Basketball Magazine (Belov 317, Petrovic 280, Sabonis 277, Cocic 273, Kukoc 264, Galis 251, Corac 246 and Menegin 221). Giorgos Kolokithas ranks 46th (21 votes).
February
- February 14: Tens of thousands protest in Thessaloniki against the use of the name "Macedonia" by FYROM.
March
July
- July 5: Nikos Galis leaves Aris Salonica when the club president president Theofilos Mitroudis offers him a coaching post suggesting he should stop his career as a player. Ten days later, Galis moves to Athens.
- July 14: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November launch a rocket attack against Finance Minister Ioannis Palaiokrassas. The minister escapes death but 22-year old student, Athanasios Axarlian, is killed.
- July 15: Nikos Galis joins Panathinaikos.
- July 31: Weightlifter Pyrros Dimas wins gold in the Barcelona Olympic Games.
August
- August 6: Voula Patoulidou wins gold in the women's 100m hurdles at the Barcelona Olympic Games. Her comment after the race is: "For Greece, damn it!"
November
- November 29: A new tax is set by the government. This new tax is to be paid annually by owners of real estate properties and is called ...Real Estate Tax.
December
- December 21: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November attempt unsuccessfully to assassinate New Democracy deputy chairman Eleftherios Papadimitriou.
Deaths
January
- January 12: Juan Gilberto Funes ex-Olympiakos player, aged 29.
February
- February 23: Markos Vafiadis Greek communist.
March
- March 10: Giorgos Zambetas, Laika composer.
- March 30: Manolis Andronikos, archaeologist
April
- April 7: Antonis Tritsis, Mayor of Athens.
May
- May 23: Kostas Davourlis, football player
July
- July 16: Mary Aroni, actress.
- July 26: Jenny Karezi, actress.