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2005

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January
===June===
*[[June 11]]: [[Aphrodite Skafida]] sets a new Greek record in the women's [[pole vault]] with a jump of 4.48m.
*[[June 14]]: [[Maria Papadopoulou]] sets a new Greek record in the women's [[800m]] with a time of 1.59.79.
*[[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.
===August===
*[[August 11]]: Flooding occurs in the northeastern part of [[Evros prefecture]], between [[Orestiada]] and [[Didymoteicho]].
 *[[August 14]]: The [[Helios Airways Flight 522]] air disasterclaims the lives of 121 persons.*[[August 18]]: [[Kostas Filippidis]] sets a new Greek record in the [[pole vault]] with a jump of 5.75m.
*[[August 21]]: Greece's women's [[Water Polo]] team won the World League final by defeating Russia 13-10 at Kirishi, Russia.
*[[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.
===October===
*[[October 17]]: A powerful earthquake (6.0 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Samos]] and the surrounding area.
===December===
==Deaths==
===January===
*[[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.  
===April===
*[[April 7]]: [[Grigoris Bithikotsis]], singer
===October===
*[[October 31]]: [[Thanasis Giannousis]], politician, [[Thessaloniki]] mayor
*[[October 31]]: [[Dionysis Livanos]], politician, [[Minister for Tourism (Greece)|Minister of Tourism ]] and EU Parliamentarian
===November===

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