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==Births== | ==Births== | ||
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| + | *[[March 30]]: [[Thanasis Papazoglou]], footballer. | ||
| + | ===June=== | ||
| + | *[[June 18]]: [[Elini Dimoutsos]], footballer | ||
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===August=== | ===August=== | ||
*[[August 9]]: [[Vasilis Koutsianikoulis]], footballer. | *[[August 9]]: [[Vasilis Koutsianikoulis]], footballer. | ||
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| + | ===December=== | ||
| + | *[[December 24]]: [[Stefanos Athanasiadis]], footballer. | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
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===November=== | ===November=== | ||
| − | *[[November 4]]: [[Kleanthis Vikelidis]], footballer | + | *[[November 4]]: [[Kleanthis Vikelidis]], footballer. |
*[[November 15]]: [[Hieronymus]], [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece. | *[[November 15]]: [[Hieronymus]], [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece. | ||
| − | *[[November 19]]: [[Christina Onassis]], daughter of Greek shipping tycoon [[Aristotle Onassis]] | + | *[[November 15]]: [[Mirko Kokotovic]], one-time coach of [[AEK FC]]. |
| + | *[[November 19]]: [[Christina Onassis]], daughter of Greek shipping tycoon [[Aristotle Onassis]]. | ||
===December=== | ===December=== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:27, May 14, 2021
Events
January
- January 21: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November unsuccessfully attempt to assassinate US official George Karos.
February
- February 1: Greek PM Andreas Papandreou and Turkish PM Turgut Ozal, sign the Davos Accord.
- February 20: At the first Indoors Meeting Athina, held in the Peace and Friendship Stadium, Niki Bakogianni sets a new Greek record in the high jump with 1.87m. Long jumper Kostas Koukodimos runs the 60m race in 6.85!
- February 21: George Vasiliou is elected President of Cyprus.
March
- March 1: The Revolutionary Organisation 17 November murder industrialist, Alexandros Athanasiades-Bodosakis, on Kifisias Avenue in Filothei.
- March 17: Sports fans in Larisa block the National Motorway protesting their local team's loss of four points in a doping scandal. The PASOK government will intervene and restore the four points to AE Larisa FC.
April
- April 22: Dimitris Christofias is elected Secretary General of AKEL, succeeding Ezekias Papaioannou who died earlier in the month.
May
- May 8: Panathinaikos goalkeeper Nikos Sarganis helps his team win the Greek Cup in a penalty shootout, by saving two Olympiakos shots while scoring one himself.
June
- June 28: US Military Attache, Wiliam Nordeen, is assassinated by a booby-trapped car in Kifissia. The Revolutionary Organisation 17 November claim responsibility.
July
- July 11: Terrorists attack the Greek cruise ship "City of Poros (ship)" killing 9 people and injuring 71 others.
- July 13: Newly-acquired Olympiakos player Lajos Detari is given a hero's welcome in Piraeus.
- July 21: Greek-American, Michael Dukakis, wins the nomination for President of the US at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
August
- August 13: Evita Paraskevopoulou breaks the Greek women's record in the 50m freestyle with 26.70.
- August 15: Without firing a shot, November 17th members tie up a number of police officers at Vyronas, Athens and leave with cache of weapons and ammunition.
September
- September 30: PM Andreas Papandreou undergoes open-heart surgery in London.
October
- October 9: Spyros Andriopoulos breaks the Greek record in the marathon with 2hr 12' 04.
- October 20 - George Koskotas, banker, publisher and team owner (Olympiakos) is indicted on fraud and embezzlement charges
November
- November 1: Charges are brought against George Koskotas for illegal transactions with Merrill Lynch.
- November 2: Nikos Anastopoulos plays his final game for the National Football Team of Greece against Romania.
- November 23: George Koskotas is arrested in Massachusetts where he had fled following his indictment in October.
Births
March
- March 30: Thanasis Papazoglou, footballer.
June
- June 18: Elini Dimoutsos, footballer
August
- August 9: Vasilis Koutsianikoulis, footballer.
December
- December 24: Stefanos Athanasiadis, footballer.
Deaths
April
- April 10: Ezekias Papaioannou, Cypriot politician chairman of AKEL.
July
- July 22: Tonis Maroudas, Elafro singer.
September
- September 6: Spyros Theotokis, politician.
October
- October 2: Alec Issigonis, the engineer who designed the legendary Mini in the 50s
November
- November 4: Kleanthis Vikelidis, footballer.
- November 15: Hieronymus, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.
- November 15: Mirko Kokotovic, one-time coach of AEK FC.
- November 19: Christina Onassis, daughter of Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
December
- December 3: Panos Gavalas, singer