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*[[March 11]]: [[Sophia Vembo]], the "National Singer".
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===December===
 
*[[December 19]]:  [[Kostas Pretenteris]], journalist/writer of theatrical works.
 
*[[December 19]]:  [[Kostas Pretenteris]], journalist/writer of theatrical works.

Revision as of 11:33, December 5, 2006

Events

May

June

  • June 20: A powerful earthquake (6.5 on Richter scale) strikes Thessaloniki; 35 people are dead in collapse of building at Nicephorus Phocas Street.

October

December

  • December 15: The International Court of Justice at The Hague declares itself to be without authority to act on the matter of the Aegean continental shelf.
  • December 22: By law, the "sea flag" (nine stripes with a white cross on the upper-left quadrant) is established as the one and only flag of the Greek nation.

Births

January

February

April

November

Deaths

March

December