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| − | ==Events==
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| − | ===January===
| + | '''[[April 24]]''' |
| − | *[[January 16]]: Christofori Bakatselou, Maria Galani and Katerina Pantaina become the first female judges on the Disciplinary Committee of [[EPAE]] (Greek Football Clubs Association) | + | *[[1944]]: 318 Greeks were killed by German occupation troops in [[Pyrgoi (Kozani)|Pyrgoι]], [[Kozani prefecture]]. |
| − | *[[January 16]]: Greece finish 5th at Women's Waterpolo World Championship in Perth, Australia after beating Canada 10-9 in overtime
| + | *[[1997]]: [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] defeated Barcelona 73-58 and wοn the Euroleague. |
| − | *[[January 24]]: [[Krzysztof Warzycha]] scores his 182nd [[Alpha Ethniki|League]] goal against [[Apollon Athens FC|Apollon Athens]] earning first place on [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]]' all-time scoring list. [[Antonis Antoniadis]] had previously held the record with 181. | + | *[[2004]]: Greek Cypriots rejected by 75.83% the [[Annan Plan for Cyprus]] reunification. |
| | + | *Births: [[Ioannis Georgiadis]], fencer, Olympic Gold Medalist ([[1876]]), [[Glafkos Clerides]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] politician ([[1919]]). |
| | + | *Deaths: [[Athanasios Diakos]], hero of the [[Greek Revolution]] ([[1821]]), [[Konstantinos Spanoudis]], one of the founders of [[AEK FC|AEK]] ([[1941]]) |
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| − | ===February=== | + | <span style="font-size:11px; padding-top:3px;">Recent days: [[April 23]] - [[April 22]]</span> |
| − | *[[February 1]]: [[Aris BC|Aris Thessaloniki]] (coached by Christos Magotsios) put aside the financial problems to win the [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] by overcoming [[AEK BC|AEK]] (coached by [[Yiannis Ioannidis]]) 71-68 in the final. [[Panagiotis Liadelis]] is voted MVP
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| − | *[[February 10]]: Young [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] midfielder Panagiotis Katsouris is killed in a car accident.
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| − | *[[February 15]]: [[Glafkos Clerides]] is re-elected President of [[Cyprus]].
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| − | ===March===
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| − | *[[March 14]]: PM [[Costas Simitis]] announces the devaluation of the [[drachma]] by 14%.
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| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 7]]: [[Greek-British]] pop star, [[George Michael]], is arrested in the US on charges of performing "lewd acts".
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| − | *[[April 8]]: [[Anghel Iordanescu]] becomes head coach of the [[National Football Team]] of [[Greece]].
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| − | *[[April 28]]: The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece elects Metropolitan [[Christodoulos]] as [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece.
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| − | ===May===
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| − | *[[May 3]]: Vitesse striker [[Nikos Machlas]] scores his 34th goal in a match against Feyenoord (2-1) becoming Europe's top scorer
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| − | *[[May 16]]: Newcastle defender [[Nikos Dabizas]] is the first Greek to play in an English FA Cup final at Wembley (Newcastle Utd. - Arsenal 2-0)
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| − | *[[May 17]]: [[Stelios Manolas]] plays his last game as [[AEK FC|AEK]] defeat [[SKODA Xanthi FC|SKODA Xanthi]] (2-0).
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| − | *[[May 23]]: Olympiakos lose to Ferencvaros in the Waterpolo European Cup double final.
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| − | *[[May 24]]: [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] win their first Greek championship in 14 years by defeating [[PAOK BC|PAOK]] 68-58 in the playoffs. After this game PAOK star [[Predrag Stojakovic]] moves to the Sacramento Kings becoming the first ''Greek'' to play in NBA.
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| − | *[[May 30]]: [[Katerina Thanou]] breaks the womens' 100m Greek record with a time of 10.99.
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| − | *[[May 31]]: [[U21 National Football Team|Greece U21]] rank 2nd after losing to Spain 1-0 in the final of European Football Championship.
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| − | ===July===
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| − | *[[July 5]]: [[Greek-American]] [[Pete Sampras]] wins his 5th successive Wimbledon title, equalling the record set by Bjorn Borg.
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| − | *[[July 28]]: The European Court on Human Rights awards [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] refugee, Titina Loizidou, £640,000 from the Turkish government, for denial of use of her property in [[Kyrenia]].
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| − | *[[July 30]]: [[Fanis Christodoulou]] announces his retirement from professional [[basketball]].
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| − | ===August===
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| − | *[[August 10]]: 31 year-old trainer Giorgos Loukanidis, son of the legendary [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] and [[Doxa Drama FC|Doxa Drama]] striker [[Takis Loukanidis]], dies in a car accident.
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| − | *[[August 27]]: The Greek stock market ("Sofokleous Street") has its worst day ever as stocks tumble 7.7%.
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| − | ===September===
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| − | *[[September 5]]: [[Cyprus National Football Team|Cyprus]] defeat Spain 3-2 in a Euro 2000 qualifier.
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| − | *[[September 14]]: [[ESAKE]] approve the plan of [[Aris BC]] to retire [[Nikos Galis]]' number 6 jersey. Aris are allowed the use of number 16 for the missing number 6.
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| − | ===October===
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| − | *[[October 18]]: [[Vasilis Papageorgopoulos]] is elected mayor of [[Thessaloniki]]
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| − | ===December===
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| − | *[[December 29]]: The governments of [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]] decide to proceed with the installation of Russian made antiballistic missiles S-300 in [[Crete]], ignoring Turkey's strong objections and reactions.
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| − | ==Deaths==
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| − | ===January===
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| − | *[[January 16]]: [[Dimitris Horn]], stage and screen actor.
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| − | *[[January 18]]: [[Dan Georgiadis]], football coach.
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| − | ===February===
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| − | *[[February 28]]: [[Gregorios Staktopoulos]], journalist convicted of the [[George Polk]] murder.
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| − | ===March===
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| − | *[[March 28]]: [[Mimis Traiforos]], author, song writer, director
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| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 10]]: [[Seraphim]], [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece.
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| − | *[[April 23]]: [[Constantine Karamanlis]], Greek politician and Prime Minister.
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| − | ===June===
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| − | *[[June 21]]: [[Al Campanis]], [[Greek-American]] baseball player and coach.
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| − | ===July===
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| − | *[[July 13]]: [[Constantine Kollias]], jurist and Prime Minister
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| − | ===September===
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| − | *[[September 5]]: [[Takis Papoulidis]], football player
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