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==Events==
 
==Events==
 
===January===
 
===January===
*[[January 14]]: [[Alexandros Lykourezos]] is elected President of the [[EPAE]]
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*[[January 14]]: [[Alexandros Lykourezos]] is elected President of the [[EPAE]].
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*[[January 16]]: A wave of extreme weather conditions (thunderstorms, snowfall and 10 Beaufort gales) cost the lives of two persons: a football fan, 55-year-old Stamatis Georgioudakis, crushed by a metal door in [[Xanthi Stadium]] and a passenger of a snow-plough was electrocuted when his vehicle got tangled with a severed live wire at the [[Chalkida]] - Edipsos National Highway.
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*[[January 27]]: During a thunderstorm, a lighting bolt hits a support cable of the [[Rio-Antirrio Bridge]]. The fire is placed under control immediately, but questions arise over the security of the bridge.
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===February===
 
===February===
 
*[[February 8]]: [[Karolos Papoulias]] was elected President of the Hellenic Republic. His election received the largest majority ever, with 279 votes in favor.
 
*[[February 8]]: [[Karolos Papoulias]] was elected President of the Hellenic Republic. His election received the largest majority ever, with 279 votes in favor.
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*[[February 14]]: [[Minos Kyriakou]] is elected, almost unanimously, president of the [[Hellenic Olympic Committee]], succeeding [[Lambis Nikolaou]]
 
*[[February 19]]:  [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] won the Greek Basketball Cup after achieving a 72-67 victory over [[Aris BC|Aris]] at Lindo in [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]]. This was the eighth time Panathinaikos won the Basketball Cup, equalling Aris' successes.
 
*[[February 19]]:  [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] won the Greek Basketball Cup after achieving a 72-67 victory over [[Aris BC|Aris]] at Lindo in [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]]. This was the eighth time Panathinaikos won the Basketball Cup, equalling Aris' successes.
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===March===
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*[[March 6]]: The [[Spercheios]] River floods causing extensive property damage in the [[Phthiotis prefecture]] of [[Greece]].
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===May===
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*[[May 21]]: [[Greece]] win the Eurovision contest for the first time thanks to [[Elena Paparizou]]'s song "My Number One".
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===June===
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*[[June 11]]: [[Aphrodite Skafida]] sets a new Greek record in the women's [[pole vault]] with a jump of 4.48m.
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*[[June 14]]: [[Maria Papadopoulou]] sets a new Greek record in the women's [[800m]] with a time of 1.59.79.
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*[[June 16]]:  For the first time ever in its history, the [[National Football Team|Greek football team]] participated in the Confederations Cup held in Germany as the [[Euro 2004|European Champion]]. Greece faced Brazil in its first match and lost 3-0.
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===July===
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*[[July 26]]: [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]] defeat Trabzonspor 3-1 in [[Nicosia]].
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*[[July 30]]: The Greek waterpolo team wins the bronze medal, the first medal in a big tournament, at the XI FINA World Championships in Montreal, Canada defeating Croatia with 11-10 at extra time. [[Giorgos Afroudakis]] scores the winning goal 11 seconds before the end of the game.
  
 
===August===
 
===August===
*[[August 14]] - [[Helios Airways Flight 522]] air disaster
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*[[August 11]]: Flooding occurs in the northeastern part of [[Evros prefecture]], between [[Orestiada]] and [[Didymoteicho]].
*[[August 21]] - Greece's women's [[Water Polo]] team won the World League final by defeating Russia 13-10 at Kirishi, Russia.
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*[[August 14]]: The [[Helios Airways Flight 522]] air disaster claims the lives of 121 persons.
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*[[August 18]]: [[Kostas Filippidis]] sets a new Greek record in the [[pole vault]] with a jump of 5.75m.
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*[[August 21]]: Greece's women's [[Water Polo]] team won the World League final by defeating Russia 13-10 at Kirishi, Russia.
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===September===
 
===September===
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*[[September 9]]: Vladimir Putin becomes the first Russian state leader to visit [[Mount Athos]].
 
*[[September 25]] - [[National Basketball Team|Greece]] beat Germany 78-62 in Belgrade to capture the [[Basketball|European Basketball Championship]] for only the second time in their history.
 
*[[September 25]] - [[National Basketball Team|Greece]] beat Germany 78-62 in Belgrade to capture the [[Basketball|European Basketball Championship]] for only the second time in their history.
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===October===
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*[[October 17]]: A powerful earthquake (6.0 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Samos]] and the surrounding area.
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===December===
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*[[December 1]]:  Greek public opinion was rocked by an unprecedented crime for Greek police, committed on the island of [[Salamina]]. The culprits were three brothers, aged 7, 8 and 14, and the victim was a 78-year-old woman, whom they strangled in order to rob.
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*[[December 4]]: [[Athina Roussel Onassis]] weds Brazilian questrian champion Alvaro Alfonso de Miranda in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
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*[[December 8]]: [[Basketball]] super-star [[Nikos Galis]] weds Eleni Panagiotou.
  
 
==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
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===January===
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*[[January 24]]: [[Nikos Mourkakos]], top administrative manager of Ethnikos, the first sportscaster of the [[YENED|Military Forces Radio]] (ΥΕΝΕΔ) and successful lyricist of folk songs.
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===April===
 
===April===
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*[[April 7]]: [[Grigoris Bithikotsis]], singer
 
*[[April 10]]: Former [[Archbishop Iakovos Koukouzis]] of North and South America.
 
*[[April 10]]: Former [[Archbishop Iakovos Koukouzis]] of North and South America.
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===May===
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*[[May 11]]: [[Michalis Genitsaris]], [[rebetiko]] singer
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*[[May 22]]: [[Charilaos Florakis]], chairman of the [[Communist Party of Greece]]
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*[[May 24]]: [[Michalis Kousis]], athlete, long distance runner
  
 
===August===
 
===August===
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===October===
 
===October===
 
*[[October 31]]: [[Thanasis Giannousis]], politician, [[Thessaloniki]] mayor
 
*[[October 31]]: [[Thanasis Giannousis]], politician, [[Thessaloniki]] mayor
*[[October 31]]: [[Dionysis Livanos]], politician, Minister of Tourism and EU Parliamentarian
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*[[October 31]]: [[Dionysis Livanos]], politician, [[Minister for Tourism (Greece)|Minister of Tourism]] and EU Parliamentarian
  
 
===November===
 
===November===
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*[[November 8]]:  [[Alekos Alexandrakis]], theatrical and film actor
 
*[[November 29]]:  [[Kostas Tsimas]], politician
 
*[[November 29]]:  [[Kostas Tsimas]], politician
  

Latest revision as of 15:59, July 15, 2012

Events

January

  • January 14: Alexandros Lykourezos is elected President of the EPAE.
  • January 16: A wave of extreme weather conditions (thunderstorms, snowfall and 10 Beaufort gales) cost the lives of two persons: a football fan, 55-year-old Stamatis Georgioudakis, crushed by a metal door in Xanthi Stadium and a passenger of a snow-plough was electrocuted when his vehicle got tangled with a severed live wire at the Chalkida - Edipsos National Highway.
  • January 27: During a thunderstorm, a lighting bolt hits a support cable of the Rio-Antirrio Bridge. The fire is placed under control immediately, but questions arise over the security of the bridge.

February

March

May

June

July

  • July 26: Anorthosis Famagusta defeat Trabzonspor 3-1 in Nicosia.
  • July 30: The Greek waterpolo team wins the bronze medal, the first medal in a big tournament, at the XI FINA World Championships in Montreal, Canada defeating Croatia with 11-10 at extra time. Giorgos Afroudakis scores the winning goal 11 seconds before the end of the game.

August

September

October

  • October 17: A powerful earthquake (6.0 on the Richter scale) strikes Samos and the surrounding area.

December

  • December 1: Greek public opinion was rocked by an unprecedented crime for Greek police, committed on the island of Salamina. The culprits were three brothers, aged 7, 8 and 14, and the victim was a 78-year-old woman, whom they strangled in order to rob.
  • December 4: Athina Roussel Onassis weds Brazilian questrian champion Alvaro Alfonso de Miranda in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
  • December 8: Basketball super-star Nikos Galis weds Eleni Panagiotou.

Deaths

January

April

May

August

September

October

November

December