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[[Image:Kostas-Iliakis-pilot.jpg|frame|Jet Fighter Pilot '''Costas Eliakis''' was never recovered after [[#May|the two F-16 collision]]]]
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[[Image:murder-5-2239940.jpg|thumb|275px|Greek police launch a murder investigation after five men on a hunting trip were found shot to death in the rural area of central Greece, [[#November|Saturday Nov.25, 2006]]]]
 
==Events==
 
==Events==
 
===January===
 
===January===
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*[[May 20]]: [[Sakis Rouvas]] and [[Maria Menounos]] host the only Eurovision contest to be held in [[Athens]] which Finnish group "Lordi" win.
 
*[[May 20]]: [[Sakis Rouvas]] and [[Maria Menounos]] host the only Eurovision contest to be held in [[Athens]] which Finnish group "Lordi" win.
 
*[[May 22]]: The 19th century painting '''''The Naughty Grandchild''''' by [[Nikiforos Lytras]] became the most expensively sold piece of artwork by a Greek painter, going for 1.08 million euros at an auction at Sotheby's in London.
 
*[[May 22]]: The 19th century painting '''''The Naughty Grandchild''''' by [[Nikiforos Lytras]] became the most expensively sold piece of artwork by a Greek painter, going for 1.08 million euros at an auction at Sotheby's in London.
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*[[May 23]]: Two F-16 fighter jets, one Greek and the other Turkish, collide in mid-air over international waters in the southern [[Aegean Sea]]. The Greek F-16 had been dispatched to intercept the Turkish jet because it had violated Greek airspace, according to the Greek Defense Ministry. The Turkish pilot ejected safely and was picked up by a merchant ship, while the Greek airman (Costas Eliakis) went missing despite a major rescue effort.
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*[[May 23]]: Two F-16 fighter jets, one Greek and the other Turkish, collide in mid-air over international waters in the southern [[Aegean Sea]]. The Greek F-16 had been dispatched to intercept the Turkish jet because it had violated Greek airspace, according to the Greek Defense Ministry.
 
 
*[[May 25]]:  Australia got the better of reigning European champions [[National Football Team|Greece]] (1-0) in a friendly game before a record breaking crowd of 96,000 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground - around 60,000 of whom were members of the city's [[Greek Australian|large Greek community]].
 
*[[May 25]]:  Australia got the better of reigning European champions [[National Football Team|Greece]] (1-0) in a friendly game before a record breaking crowd of 96,000 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground - around 60,000 of whom were members of the city's [[Greek Australian|large Greek community]].
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===June===
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*[[June 7]]: [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] win the Greek [[basketball]] championship sweeping all three playoff games from [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]]. The title is the 8th in the last nine years for the greens.
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*[[June 18]]:  [[Dimitris Tsiamis]] set a new national record in the men's triple jump, registering a 17.55-meter performance during a two-day meeting in [[Thessaloniki]]. The previous Greek record had been set by [[Costas Zalagitis]], just under four years ago, with a 17.43-meter leap.
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===July===
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*[[July 3]]:  FIFA  suspended the [[Hellenic Football Federation]] (HFF), [[Euro 2004|European champions Greece]] and its member clubs, from international competition because of government interference in the sport.
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*[[July 12]]:  The FIFA Emergency Committee decided to lift the suspension on the [[Hellenic Football Federation]] (HFF) on [[July 3]] after receiving confirmation that the Greek Parliament had approved an amendment to the national legislation relating to sport.
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*[[July 31]]: Swimming in the fifth heat of the 400-meter freestyle qualifiers at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest, [[Spyros Gianniotis]] set a new national record with a time of 3:48.67, breaking the previous record of 3:48.77, which he had set at the [[Athens Olympics]] two years ago.
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*[[July 31]]: [[Aris Grigoriadis]], competing in the 100-meter backstroke at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest, broke his own national record with a time of 54.51 seconds, trimming a 10th of a second from the 54.61 seconds he had registered at the Worlds in Montreal last year.
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===August===
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*[[August 1]]:  [[Aris Grigoriadis]] wins a bronze medal at the European Swimming Championships, in 100m backstroke.
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*[[August 2]]:  [[Nery Mantey Niangkouara|Nery Niangkouara]] set a new national record and the bronze metal at the European Swimming Championship in Budapest finishing in third place in the women's 100m freestyle with 54.48".
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*[[August 3]]: [[Yiannis Drymonakos]] wins silver medal in the men's 200-meter butterfly at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest.
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*[[August 3]]: [[Aris Grigoriadis]] captures silver medal in the men's 50-meter backstroke at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest.
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*[[August 9]]: [[Fani Halkia]] wins silver (54.02 sec.) in the women's 400-meter hurdles final at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. She had been favored to win the gold.
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*[[August 9]]: [[Triple jump]]er [[Pigi Devetzi]] wins silver (15.05 m) at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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*[[August 10]]: [[Pericles Iakovakis]] wins gold for Greece - its first gold medal at the European Championships - with an exceptional run in the men's 400m hurdles (48.46 sec.).
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*[[August 22]]:  Major fires break out in [[Chalkidiki prefecture]].
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===September===
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*[[September 1]]: [[National Basketball Team|Greece]] defeat the USA 101-95 in the semi-finals of the World Basketball Championship in Japan.
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*[[September 3]]: [[National Basketball Team|Greece]] are defeated by Spain 70-47 in the final of the World Basketball Championship in Japan.
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*[[September 10]]: [[Periklis Iakovakis]] wins the Men's 400m hurdles at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, southern Germany
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*[[September 17]]: [[Marcos Baghdatis]] defeats Mario Ancic to win the China Open.
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===October===
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*[[October 1]]:  [[Eleni Daniilidou]] wins the USD145,000 Tennis Korean Open in heroic fashion by beating fourth seed Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3, 2-6, 7-6.
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*[[October 7]]: [[Cyprus National Football Team|Cyprus]] triumph over the Republic of Ireland 5-2 as [[Michalis Konstantinou]] and [[Kostas Charalambidis]] score two goals each.
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===November===
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*[[November 6]]: [[Chrysostomos II of Cyprus|Chrysostomos II]] is elected [[List of Archbishops of Cyprus|Archbishop of Cyprus]]
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*[[November 22]]: The teleconferencing method is used for the first time with court witnesses in [[Greece]]. They testified from Piraeus by live video link to a court in Finland hearing the appeal of a Greek shipping firm over the foundering of a vessel off Finland in [[1993]] which caused an environmental disaster.
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*[[November 25]]:  The bodies of the five young men - two brothers and three cousins - were found in woodland in the Kalyvia, [[Agrinio]] region. They had each been shot at least twice in what appeared to have been an execution-style killing.
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*[[November 25]]:  [[Aris Gregoriadis]] sets a Greek record for 100m freestyle swimming at a Volos meeting with a time of 48:76. He held the previous record (49:06), set one week previously at Thessaloniki.
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===December===
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*[[December 17]]: [[Eleni Mavrou]] is elected as the first woman Mayor of [[Lefkosia]].
  
 
==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
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===March===
 
===March===
 
*[[March 15]]: [[George Rallis]], politician and Prime Minister
 
*[[March 15]]: [[George Rallis]], politician and Prime Minister
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===April===
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*[[April 25]]: [[Missas Pantazopoulos]], [[basketball]] player and coach.
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===May===
 
===May===
 
*[[May 4]]: [[Alexis Damianos]], actor, director
 
*[[May 4]]: [[Alexis Damianos]], actor, director
 
*[[May 22]]: [[Kazimierz Gorski]], football coach
 
*[[May 22]]: [[Kazimierz Gorski]], football coach
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===June===
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*[[June 13]]:  [[Yolanda Terenzio]], journalist, writer
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*[[June 28]]: [[Boban Jankovic]], [[basketball]] player
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===July===
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*[[July 7]]: [[Methodios, Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain]]
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===September===
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*[[September 11]]: [[Peter Clentzos]], [[pole vault]]er, 1932 Olympic competitor.
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===October===
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*[[October 29]]: [[Maria Kalouta]], stage and screen actress.
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===November===
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*[[November 17]]: [[Ferenc Puskas]], legendary football player and coach.
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*[[November 29]]: [[Christos Tegopoulos]], newspaper founder, publisher
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[[Category:Years]]
 
[[Category:Years]]
 
[[Category:2006]]
 
[[Category:2006]]

Latest revision as of 11:51, January 5, 2019

Jet Fighter Pilot Costas Eliakis was never recovered after the two F-16 collision
Greek police launch a murder investigation after five men on a hunting trip were found shot to death in the rural area of central Greece, Saturday Nov.25, 2006

Events

January

  • January 29: Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis plays against Roger Federer in the mens' final of the Australian Open. Baghdatis takes the first set but eventually loses 3-1 sets.

February

April

May

  • May 6: Periklis Iakovakis breaks the Greek record for 400m hurdles with 47.82.
  • May 6: Apollon Limassol defeat Anorthosis 3-1 and win the Cypriot football title for only the third time in their history. The Lemesos club went through the entire season without a single defeat.
  • May 10: In the first Greek Football Cup final played in Crete, Olympiakos defeat AEK 3-0.
  • May 20: Sakis Rouvas and Maria Menounos host the only Eurovision contest to be held in Athens which Finnish group "Lordi" win.
  • May 22: The 19th century painting The Naughty Grandchild by Nikiforos Lytras became the most expensively sold piece of artwork by a Greek painter, going for 1.08 million euros at an auction at Sotheby's in London.
  • May 23: Two F-16 fighter jets, one Greek and the other Turkish, collide in mid-air over international waters in the southern Aegean Sea. The Greek F-16 had been dispatched to intercept the Turkish jet because it had violated Greek airspace, according to the Greek Defense Ministry. The Turkish pilot ejected safely and was picked up by a merchant ship, while the Greek airman (Costas Eliakis) went missing despite a major rescue effort.
  • May 25: Australia got the better of reigning European champions Greece (1-0) in a friendly game before a record breaking crowd of 96,000 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground - around 60,000 of whom were members of the city's large Greek community.

June

July

  • July 3: FIFA suspended the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), European champions Greece and its member clubs, from international competition because of government interference in the sport.
  • July 12: The FIFA Emergency Committee decided to lift the suspension on the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) on July 3 after receiving confirmation that the Greek Parliament had approved an amendment to the national legislation relating to sport.
  • July 31: Swimming in the fifth heat of the 400-meter freestyle qualifiers at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest, Spyros Gianniotis set a new national record with a time of 3:48.67, breaking the previous record of 3:48.77, which he had set at the Athens Olympics two years ago.
  • July 31: Aris Grigoriadis, competing in the 100-meter backstroke at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest, broke his own national record with a time of 54.51 seconds, trimming a 10th of a second from the 54.61 seconds he had registered at the Worlds in Montreal last year.

August

  • August 1: Aris Grigoriadis wins a bronze medal at the European Swimming Championships, in 100m backstroke.
  • August 2: Nery Niangkouara set a new national record and the bronze metal at the European Swimming Championship in Budapest finishing in third place in the women's 100m freestyle with 54.48".
  • August 3: Yiannis Drymonakos wins silver medal in the men's 200-meter butterfly at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest.
  • August 3: Aris Grigoriadis captures silver medal in the men's 50-meter backstroke at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest.
  • August 9: Fani Halkia wins silver (54.02 sec.) in the women's 400-meter hurdles final at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. She had been favored to win the gold.
  • August 9: Triple jumper Pigi Devetzi wins silver (15.05 m) at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • August 10: Pericles Iakovakis wins gold for Greece - its first gold medal at the European Championships - with an exceptional run in the men's 400m hurdles (48.46 sec.).
  • August 22: Major fires break out in Chalkidiki prefecture.

September

October

November

  • November 6: Chrysostomos II is elected Archbishop of Cyprus
  • November 22: The teleconferencing method is used for the first time with court witnesses in Greece. They testified from Piraeus by live video link to a court in Finland hearing the appeal of a Greek shipping firm over the foundering of a vessel off Finland in 1993 which caused an environmental disaster.
  • November 25: The bodies of the five young men - two brothers and three cousins - were found in woodland in the Kalyvia, Agrinio region. They had each been shot at least twice in what appeared to have been an execution-style killing.
  • November 25: Aris Gregoriadis sets a Greek record for 100m freestyle swimming at a Volos meeting with a time of 48:76. He held the previous record (49:06), set one week previously at Thessaloniki.

December

Deaths

January

March

April

May

June

July

September

October

November

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