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| − | ===January===
| + | *[[1916]]: The HMS Britannic sinks off the coast of [[Kea]]. |
| − | *[[January 15]]: PSAT awards for ''Best Athletes of 1995'', for the first time in the presence of [[Kostis Stefanopoulos]], president of the Hellenic republic. [[Pyrros Dimas]] becomes the first athlete after [[Nikos Galis]] to be elected three times ''Athlete of The Year'' | + | *[[1951]]: It is announced that the Prime Minister, general [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], is seriously ill. Vice President [[Sophoklis Venizelos]] returns urgently from his official visit to the United States. |
| − | *[[January 16]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]] resigns as Prime Minister of [[Greece]]. | + | *[[1954]]: The first round of the 1954 municipal elections is held throughout [[Greece]]. Gen [[Pausanias Katsotas]] is elected in [[Athens]], [[Dimitrios Sapounakis]] in [[Piraeus]]. |
| − | *[[January 22]]: [[Costas Simitis]] becomes Prime Minister after [[Andreas Papandreou]]'s resignation due to ill health. | + | ===Sports=== |
| − | *[[January 23]]: [[Greece]] submits her candidacy as host country of the [[2004]] Olympics. | + | *[[1970]]: On their way to Wembley, [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] defeat Slovan Bratislava 3-0 in [[Athens]]. |
| − | *[[January 31]]: [[Greece]] and Turkey nearly go to war over the uninhabited [[Imia]] islands. | + | *[[1995]]: A great day for Greece in the World Weightlifting championship games of China: [[Pyrros Dimas]] wins 2 gold medals and sets a world record, [[Kakhi Kakhiasvili]] wins 2 gold medals and sets 3 Greek records, [[Valerios Leonidis]] wins 3 silver medals. |
| | + | *[[2015]]: The derby between [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] and [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] is called off, 30 minutes after the scheduled kick-off, following violent scenes with flares being thrown onto the pitch and fans battling police outside the stadium. |
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| − | ===February=== | + | ==Births== |
| − | *[[February 15]]: The [[Revolutionary Organisation 17 November]] launch a mortar attack on the US Embassy in [[Athens]].
| + | *[[1966]]: [[Thanasis Kolitsidakis]], footballer |
| − | ===March===
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| − | *[[March 1]]: The Greek Supreme Court "Areios Pagos" declares unconstitutional the confiscation of the [[Tatoi|Royal property]] in [[Greece]]. | |
| − | *[[March 10]]: [[Olympiakos]] win the European Cupwinners' Cup in volleyball, defeating Bayer Wuppertal 3-2 at the [[Peace and Friendship Stadium]].
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| − | *[[March 13]]: [[Constantine Mitsotakis]] asks [[Hellenic Parliament|Parliament]] to free the [[Junta]] members that are still imprisoned.
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| − | *[[March 16]]: [[Theodoros Angelopoulos]] receives an award as the best European screen director.
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| − | *[[March 29]]: The [[Cyprus Stock Exchange]] commences operations.
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| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 11]]: [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] defeat Barcelona 67-66 and win the European Euroleague.
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| − | *[[April 13]]: Long distance runner, [[Yiannis Kouros]] runs 293.7 km in 24 hours.
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| − | *[[April 18]]: Fanatic Islamists murder 18 Greek tourists in Cairo, Egypt.
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| − | ===May===
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| − | *[[May 19]]: [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] humble [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] 73-38 and are crowned [[basketball]] champions of [[Greece]]. The point differential was the largest recorded in Greek basketball playoff history.
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| − | *[[May 30]]: Former [[AEK FC|AEK]] midfielder [[Vasilis Tsartas]] signs with Sevilla.
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| − | ===June===
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| − | *[[June 4]]: [[Dusan Bajevic]] leaves [[AEK FC|AEK]] to coach [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]].
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| − | *[[June 5]]: [[Giorgos Donis]] becomes the most expensive Greek football player after signing with Blackburn for 1.1 billion drachmas. He also becomes the first Greek to play in the Premiership
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| − | *[[June 5]]: [[EPAE]] and [[PSAP]] agree on applying the new regulation concerning free trading of players from the European Union
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| − | *[[June 8]]: Radio station [[Sport FM]] begins broadcasting.
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| − | *[[June 10]]: Ecumenical [[Patriarch Bartholomew I]] is named an honourary member of the [[Athens Academy]].
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| − | *[[June 16]]: The Greek Athletics Championships celebrated 100 years at [[OAKA Stadium]]. Five new records were set: [[Niki Bakogianni]] (1.97m in the [[high jump]]), [[Olga Vasdeki]] (14.48m in the [[triple jump]]), [[Alexandros Papadimitriou]] (77.84m in [[hammer throw|hammer]]), [[Stelios Bisbas]] (13.61 in the [[110m hurdles]]) and [[Katerina Koffa]] (22.66 in the [[200m]])
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| − | ===July===
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| − | *[[July 8]]: [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] parties, on both sides of the divide, condemn the assassination of Turkish-Cypriot reporter Kutlu Adali.
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| − | *[[July 26]]: Weightlifter [[Pyrros Dimas]] wins gold in the Atlanta Olympic Games.
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| − | *[[July 27]]: [[Leonidas Kokkas]] wins silver in weightlifting in the Atlanta Olympic Games.
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| − | *[[July 28]]: Greek gymnast [[Yiannis Melissanidis]] wins gold in the floor exercises at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
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| − | *[[July 28]]: Greek weightlifter [[Kakhi Kakhiasvili]] wins gold in the Atlanta Olympic Games.
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| − | *[[July 30]]: [[Nikos Kaklamanakis]] wins the olympic gold in Mistral class at the Atlanta Olympics.
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| − | ===August===
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| − | *[[August 3]]: Greece beats Brazil 91-72 during the Atlanta Olympic Games Basketball Tournament. [[Panagiotis Yiannakis]], who participates for the last time with the national basketball team, scores 3 points and reaches 5291 in 351 games, being first in front of [[Panagiotis Fassoulas]] (2384 / 243) and [[Fanis Christodoulou]] (2255 / 219) in caps.
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| − | *[[August 3]]: [[Niki Bakogianni]] wins the silver medal in high jump with 2.03m at the Atlanta Olympics. Stefka Konstadinova of Bulgaria takes first place with 2.05m.
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| − | *[[August 11]]: [[Tasos Isaak]] is clubbed to death by Turks in [[Derynia]], [[Cyprus]].
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| − | *[[August 11]]: Muslim Albanians vandalise the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox ]] church of St Michael, in [[Moschopolis]], [[Northern Epirus|southern Albania]].
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| − | *[[August 14]]: [[Solomos Solomou]] is shot dead by a Turkish Cypriot politician in [[Derynia]], [[Cyprus]].
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| − | ===September===
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| − | *[[September 9]]: The government of [[Cyprus]] publishes evidence that [[Solomos Solomou]] was shot dead by Kenan Akin, "minister of agriculture" of the so-called Turkish Republic of N. Cyprus.
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| − | *[[September 13]]: The first TV debate in Greek political history takes place as [[Costas Simitis]] takes on [[Miltiades Ewert]] prior to the general elections.
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| − | *[[September 22]]: [[Costas Simitis]]' [[PASOK]] wins the Greek general elections.
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| − | ===October===
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| − | *[[October 13]]: [[Cypriot]] Petros Kakkoulis is shot dead by Turkish occupation troops as he was gathering snails near [[Achna]].
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| − | *[[October 30]]: [[Panagiotis Giannakis]] debuts on the bench of the [[National Basketball Team]] of Greece, in a game against Israel.
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| − | ===November===
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| − | *[[November 5]]: The Greek warship "Kostakos" is hit by another vessel and sinks. Four sailors drown.
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| − | *[[November 24]]: [[Miss Star Hellas#Winners: Miss Hellas - Μις Ελλάς|Miss Hellas]], [[Irene Skliva]], is crowned Miss World.
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| − | ===December===
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| − | *[[December 30]]: First Eurostars (the European All-Star Basketball Game) is held in Istanbul. [[Panagiotis Fassoulas]], [[Giorgos Sigalas]], David Rivers, [[Nikos Economou]] and Yurij Zdovc play for the East (led by [[Dusan Ivkovic]])
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| − | ==Deaths==
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| − | ===March===
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| − | *[[March 18]]: [[Odysseus Elytis]], [http://nobelprize.org/ Nobel prize] winning poet, born in [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]]
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| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 3]]: [[Georgios Charidimos]], [[Karagiozis|Shadow theatre (Karagiozis)]] artist.
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| − | *[[April 16]]: [[Stavros Niarchos]], shipowner
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| − | ===June===
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| − | *[[June 23]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]], politician
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| − | *[[June 30]]: [[Lakis Petropoulos]], football player and coach.
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| − | ===July===
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| − | *[[July 23]]: [[Aliki Vougiouklaki]], actress
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| − | ===August===
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| − | *[[August 7]]: [[Stavros Fryganas]], chess champion and official.
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| − | *[[August 11]]: [[Tasos Isaak]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] patriot.
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| − | *[[August 14]]: [[Solomos Solomou]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] patriot.
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| − | ===September===
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| − | *[[September 17]]: [[Spiro Agnew]], [[Greek-American]] Vice-President of the United States.
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| − | *[[October 21]]: [[Georgios Zoitakis]], member of the [[Junta|military regime]] that ruled Greece from [[1967]]-[[1974]]
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