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| − | ===January===
| + | *[[435]]: [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Theodosius II]] issues edict sending Patriarch [[Nestorius]] into exile in Egypt over his heretical beliefs. |
| − | *[[January 5]]: 21-year old Police officer, Diamantis Matzounis, is fired upon with Kalashnikov rifles, outside the Ministry of Culture, and is injured as assaults against policemen continue since the shooting death of teenager, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, on [[December 6]], [[2008]]. A caller to a Greek television station claimed responsibility for the shooting in the name of a local far-left group [[Revolutionary Struggle]] which figures on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations. | + | *[[1947]]: [[Maria Callas]] makes her first impressive appearance in the arena of Verona with "La Gioconda" by Ponchielli. |
| − | *[[January 7]]: Prime Minister [[Costas Karamanlis]] carries out a sweeping reshuffle of his Cabinet as [[New Democracy|his party]] struggles to retain its razor-thin control of [[Hellenic Parliament|parliament]] amid a string of scandals and the worst civil unrest the country has seen in decades.
| + | *[[1949]]: The [[Battle of Grammos-Vitsi]] commences during the [[Greek Civil War]]. |
| − | *[[January 12]]: Greek shipowner, [[Pericles Panagopoulos]], is kidnapped by three armed men on his way to work in the plush seaside [[Athens]] suburb of [[Kavouri, Athens|Kavouri]] | + | *[[1953]]: Communist [[Nikos Ploumbidis]] is sentenced to death for espionage. |
| − | *[[January 14]]: Police said that the Greek militant group [[Revolutionary Struggle]] sent a statement to the weekly [[Pontiki]] newspaper saying it carried out a [[2008#December|Dec. 23 shooting attack]] on a riot police bus and a separate [[January 5]] shooting at police in which one officer was seriously wounded.
| + | *[[1977]]: Archbishop [[Makarios III]] dies and is succeeded to the Presidency of [[Cyprus]] by [[Spyros Kyprianou]] |
| − | *[[January 17]]: 58-year old fan, Sotiris Serafeim, suffers a heart attack and dies in the midst of a fight in the stands following the football game between [[Iraklis FC|Iraklis]] and [[AEK FC|AEK]] at [[Kaftantzoglio Stadium]], [[Thessaloniki]]. | + | *[[1984]]: The [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]] fail in their attempt to assassinate US officer Robert Judd near [[Elliniko]] Air Base. |
| − | *[[January 19]]: Police officer Diamantis Matzounis is released from the intensive care unit of the Athens General Hospital [[Korgialenio-Benakio National Red Cross]] making a step towards recovery.
| + | *[[1989]]: A Shorts 330 of the Olympic Airways (now [[Olympic Airlines]]) crashes near Samos Airport; 31 passengers die. |
| − | *[[January 19]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] closes at 1,660.04 after losses of 5.14%.
| + | *[[2015]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] ends its first session in five weeks with losses of 16.23%. |
| − | *[[January 19]]: Greek shipping magnate [[Pericles Panagopoulos]] - who was kidnapped at gunpoint on January 12 - is released.
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| − | *[[January 20]]: Turkish actor, Atilla Olgaç, stirs up controversy after admitting on Turkish TV that he killed 10 Greek Cypriots, including POWs, during the [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]].
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| − | *[[January 21]]: [[Antros Kyprianou]] is elected Secretary General of [[AKEL]], replacing [[Dimitris Christofias]].
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| − | *[[January 24]]: [[Sophocles Pilavios]] is elected Chairman of the [[Hellenic Football Federation]] (EPO). | |
| − | ===February===
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| − | *[[February 4]]: [[Nikos Thanopoulos]] is elected President of [[AEK FC|AEK]].
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| − | *[[February 17]]: The [[Athens Stock Market]] index drops 5.19% closing at 1,603.80.
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| − | *[[February 22]]: Serial armed robber and kidnapper, Vasilis Paleokostas, and his Albanian sidekick escape from Korydallos prison by helicopter.
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| − | *[[February 22]]: [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] win the [[Greek Basketball Cup]] for the fifth year running by defeating [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] 80-70.
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| − | *[[February 25]]: [[Kostas Douvalidis]] breaks the Greek indoor record for the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.68. | |
| − | ===March===
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| − | *[[March 4]]: [[Panserraikos FC|Panserraikos]] stun [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] 3-2 in [[Athens]] and eliminate them from the [[Greek Football Cup]].
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| − | *[[March 19]]: Greek-owned cargo ship "Titan", with 24 crew members on board, is seized off the coast of Somalia by pirates.
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| − | *[[March 21]]: [[Panathinaikos]] defeat Italy’s Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-2 sets and qualify for the final of the CEV Cup.
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| − | *[[March 22]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] defeat [[Panionios FC|Panionios]] 3-2 and clinch their 12th football championship in the last 13 years.
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| − | *[[March 22]]: [[Panathinaikos]] lose 3-1 sets to Russia's Lokomotiv-Belogorie Belgorod in the final of the CEV Cup. | |
| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 2]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] index reaches 1,740 after gains of 4.4%.
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| − | *[[April 2]]: Both [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] and [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] qualify for the Final Four of European [[basketball]] after away wins at Real Madrid and Sienna respectively.
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| − | *[[April 5]]: [[Iraklis]] play in the final of the volleyball Champions League where they lose to Italy's Trentino 3-1 sets.
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| − | *[[April 7]]: [[Patriarch Bartholomew I]] meets with US President Barack Obama in Istanbul.
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| − | *[[April 12]]: [[OFI FC|OFI]] lose to [[Ergotelis FC|Ergotelis]] 1-0 and are relegated to the [[Football B Division|B Division]] for the first time in 33 years.
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| − | *[[April 13]]: [[Temuri Ketsbaia]] resigns as coach of [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]] after five years at the helm. The Georgian had led Anorthosis into the CL Group Stage earlier in the season. | |
| − | *[[April 19]]: The hard-line National Unity party win the elections in the occupied areas of [[Cyprus]]. Party leader, Dervis Eroglu, promises to support the ongoing negotiations between President [[Dimitris Christofias|Christofias]] and Talat.
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| − | *[[April 29]]: [[Athens 2004|2004 Olympic]] 20 km walk champion [[Athanasia Tsoumeleka]] tested positive for the blood booster CERA at last year's Beijing Games.
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| − | *[[April 30]]: The Greek weightlifting federation suspended two weightlifters, [[Giorgos Papadopoulos]] and [[Christina Filandrianou]] who tested positive for a banned stimulant during national games this year.
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| − | *[[April 30]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] index hits a five month high after gains of 3.18%, closing at 2,053.74. | |
| − | ===May===
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| − | *[[May 1]]: [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] defeat [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] 84-82 in their Euroleague semifinal matchup in Berlin.
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| − | *[[May 2]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] win the [[Greek Football Cup]] on penalties, after a 4-4 thriller of a final match against [[AEK FC|AEK]].
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| − | *[[May 3]]: [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] defeat CSKA Moscow 73-71 and win their fifth Euroleague title.
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| − | *[[May 5]]: [[Hellenic Parliament|Greece's parliament]] votes against indicting a former minister [[Aristotelis Pavlidis]] in a corruption probe that could have forced early elections on the embattled [[New Democracy|conservative government]]. The vote over an alleged bribery scandal fell short of the 151 ballots required with only 146 lawmakers voting in favor and 144 against.
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| − | *[[May 7]]: A first instance court on [[Rhodes]] issues a ruling nullifying a pair of same-sex marriages conducted [[2008#June|last June]] on the isle of [[Tilos]].
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| − | *[[May 8]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos Piraeus]] announces the club are not renewing the contract of coach [[Ernesto Valverde]] despite the Spaniard leading the club to the league title and [[Greek Soccer Cup|Greek Cup]].
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| − | *[[May 8]]: Former Greek transport minister, [[Christos Verelis]], resigns his seat in [[Hellenic Parliament|parliament]] after a prosecutor ordered a corruption probe into a bus contract to Neoplan, a subsidiary of German truckmaker and industrial company MAN AG.
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| − | *[[May 14]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos Piraeus]] play a friendly in Hanoi, losing 1-0 to the national team of Vietnam.
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| − | *[[May 16]]: [[Angeliki Exarchou]] crushed her national record in the women's 200 breast with a time of 2:27.39 during the first night of long course meter swimming at the Czech Grand Prix. Her performance wiped out the 2:29.44 national mark she set back in [[2005]].
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| − | *[[May 18]]: Greece confirms its first case of H1N1 flu, a student who returned from the United States a few days ago. He was first taken to the hospital by his father in the early hours of the day after experiencing a cough and high fever. After initial tests were conducted, he was told to return home but was later taken by ambulance to the [[Sismanoglio Hospital]] after the second test conducted at the [[Hellenic Pasteur Institute|Pasteur Institute]] came out positive, showing he had swine flu.
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| − | *[[May 18]]: The United States announces that it is listing [[Revolutionary Struggle]] as a foreign terrorist organization after the Greek leftist group attacked US diplomatic and business interests.
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| − | *[[May 18]]: [[Alexander the Great]] is named "the greatest Greek of all time" in a poll of viewers of Sky TV. Surprisingly, Dr [[George Papanicolaou]] wins second place while [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] finishes third.
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| − | *[[May 29]]: Former [[King Constantine II|King Constantine]], 68, undergoes a successful heart bypass operation at a private hospital in north London
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| − | ===June=== | + | ===Sports=== |
| − | *[[June 1]]: [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] defeat [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] 91-84 and win the [[A1 Division|A1]] [[basketball]] championship in Greece for the seventh time in a row. | + | *[[1996]]: [[National Basketball Team|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. |
| − | *[[June 4]]: Greeks and Cypriots, along with other Europeans, go to the polls to elect their MEPs.
| + | *[[1996]]: [[Niki Bakogianni]] wins the silver medal in high jump with 2.03m at the Atlanta Olympics. Stefka Konstantinova of Bulgaria takes first place with 2.05m. |
| − | *[[June 17]]: 41-year old police officer, Nektarios Savvas, is shot dead in the Patisia section of [[Athens]], while guarding a witness in the case against the [[Revolutionary People's Struggle]].
| + | *[[2000]]: The Mistral World Juniors Championships close at [[Korthio]], [[Andros]]. Byron Kokkalakis wins 2 gold medals. Alexis Prappas takes third place. In the veterans' category (over 40 years old) Thanos Sakkas wins the gold medal. |
| − | *[[June 19]]: Greek-born photo-journalist [[Iason Athanasiadis]] is among a number of foreign journalists arrested in Iran following the disputed presidential poll. He was on assignment for the Washington Times where he has been covering the post-election protests. | + | *[[2002]]: Greece wins its first medal in a European Aquatics Championships. The 4x200m free style team (Thanassis Economou, Nikos Xylouris, Spyros Gianniotis and Giannis Kokkodis) takes third place. |
| − | *[[June 20]]: The Acropolis Museum opens to the public.
| + | *[[2006]]: [[Yiannis Drymonakos]] wins silver medal in the men's 200-meter butterfly at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest. |
| − | *[[June 22]]: The immediate closure of [[Athens]] daily [[Eleftheros Typos]] newspaper and its sister radio station [[City 99.5 FM]] is announced after billionaire businessman [[Theodore Angelopoulos]] and his wife [[Gianna Angelopoulou-Daskalaki]], the former head of the organizing committee for the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]], decided to end their involvement in publishing. | + | *[[2006]] [[Aris Grigoriadis]] captures silver medal in the men's 50-meter backstroke at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest. |
| − | *[[June 22]]: The Greek extremist group [[Revolutionary Sect]], claims responsibility for the fatal shooting of officer Nektarios Savvas in a proclamation contained in a CD disk left for Greek daily [[Ta Nea]]. | + | *[[2008]]: Greece defeat Lithuania 57-50 to win the men's under-18 European [[basketball]] championship. |
| − | *[[June 24]]: [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] acquire striker [[Djibril Cisse]] from Olympique Marseille for 8 million euros.
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| − | *[[June 26]]: The wife of a Greek shipowner Aris Theodorides was freed unharmed, a week after being kidnapped outside her home in [[Athens]] after her family paid an undisclosed ransom. Reports said the woman was released unharmed in the early hours after her family paid a ransom of 1.8 million euros.
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| − | *[[June 28]]: [[Greece]] wins five gold medals in rowing in the Mediterranean Games. | |
| − | *[[June 30]]: [[Nikoletta Kyriakopoulou]] wins gold for [[Greece]] in the Mediterranean Games in the women's [[pole vault]]. | |
| − | *[[June 30]]: [[Eleni Artymata]] wins gold for [[Cyprus]] in the Mediterranean Games in the women's [[200m]]. | |
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| − | ===July=== | + | ==Births== |
| − | *[[July 1]]: A ban on smoking in nearly all enclosed public places goes into effect throughout [[Greece]]. | + | *[[1937]]: [[Alekos Sofianidis]], footballer |
| − | *[[July 1]]: Two members of Greece's weightlifting team at the Mediterranean Games in Italy test positive for doping, according to the head of the [[Greek Weightlifting Federation]] (EOAB). [[Nikos Kourtidis]], who won two gold medals in the men's 94-kg category, and [[Konstantina Lapou]], who took silver in the women's 58-kg. | + | *[[1973]]: [[Nikos Dabizas]], footballer |
| − | *[[July 1]]: [[Panagiotis Gionis]] wins the Men's Singles title in the table tennis events at the Mediterranean Games in the Italian town of Pescara.
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| − | *[[July 1]]: [[Anastasia Christophorou]] becomes the first [[Cypriot]] swimmer to win a gold medal in the Mediterranean Games in the 50m Breaststroke.
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| − | *[[July 1]]: [[Kyriakos Ioannou]] wins gold for [[Cyprus]] in the Mediterranean Games in the [[high jump]].
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| − | *[[July 1]]: [[Georgia Kokloni]] wins gold for [[Greece]] in the Mediterranean Games in the [[100m]].
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| − | *[[July 2]]: [[Voisava Lika]] wins gold for [[Greece]] in the Mediterranean Games in the [[javelin throw]].
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| − | *[[July 2]]: [[Athanasia Perra]] wins gold for [[Greece]] in the Mediterranean Games in the [[triple jump]].
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| − | *[[July 5]]: Iran releases Greek reporter [[Iason Athanasiadis]]. Athanasiadis of The Washington Times was arrested on or around [[#June|June 19]]. Iran's State television quotes a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Hasan Qashqavi, as saying that [[Iason Athanasiadis|Iason Athanasiadis-Fowden]] has been released in, what he described as the framework of Tehran-Athens ties.
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| − | *[[July 7]]: The [[Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises]] (SETE) said the country's 13 biggest airports saw a total of 3.9 million arrivals during this period, down 9.6 per cent from last year. The the decline means a loss of more than 560,000 tourists which in turn translates into a loss of 19,000 jobs.
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| − | *[[July 11]]: The Greek U19 [[basketball]] team defeat Australia 84-69 to advance to the final of the FIBA U19 World Basketball Championship.
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| − | *[[July 12]]: Greece win second place in the FIBA U19 World [[Basketball]] Championship after losing 88-80 to the USA in the final.
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| − | *[[July 12]]: Greek police demolish a make-shift immigrant camp outside [[Patra]] and arrest 15 illegal immigrants.
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| − | *[[July 16]]: [[Savvas Siatravanis]] becomes the youngest Greek footballer to play in a European competition. He was inserted as a late substitute in the Europa League match between KR Rejkjavik and [[AE Larisa FC]].
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| − | *[[July 25]]: The Greek U-20 [[basketball]] team defeat Spain 87-76 in the semifinal of the European Championship in [[Rhodes]].
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| − | *[[July 26]]: The Greek U-20 [[basketball]] team defeat France 90-85 and win the European Championship.
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| − | ===August===
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| − | *[[August 4]]: [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] defeat Sparta Prague 3-0 to overturn their 1-3 loss in the first leg and advance in the Champions' League.
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| − | *[[August 5]]: [[APOEL FC|APOEL]], despite a 0-1 loss in Belgrade, advance in the Champions' League, defeating Partizan 2-1 in aggregate.
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| − | *[[August 13]]: Former [[AEK BC|AEK]] and [[Iraklis BC|Iraklis]] [[basketball]] player, [[Lavelle Felton]], is shot in Milwaukee, WI, USA. He will die the next day.
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| − | *[[August 15]]: Turkish PM, Tayyip Erdogan, visits the Orthodox orphanage and the monastery of St George Koudounas in the [[Prince's Islands]].
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| − | *[[August 20]]: [[Eleni Artymata]] becomes the first [[Cypriot]] woman to qualify for the finals of the World Championships in [[athletics]]. She did so in the [[200m]] with a time of 22.64 - a new Cypriot record.
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| − | *[[August 21]]: [[Kyriakos Ioannou]] of [[Cyprus]] wins the silver medal in the [[high jump]] at the Berlin World Championship of [[athletics]] with a 2.32m performance.
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| − | *[[August 22]]: More than 70 wildfires break out throughout Greece.
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| | ==Deaths== | | ==Deaths== |
| − | ===January===
| + | *[[1972]]: [[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Yiannis Papaioannou]], [[rebetika]] songwriter |
| − | *[[January 5]]: [[Evangelos Depastas]], athlete ([[800m]] and [[1500m]]). | + | *[[1973]]: [[Elias Venezis]], writer |
| − | *[[January 13]]: [[Aristides Louvaris]], footballer.
| + | *[[1975]]: [[Andreas Empirikos]], writer |
| − | *[[January 13]]: [[Thanasis Saravakos]], footballer.
| + | *[[1977]]: [[Archbishop]] [[Makarios III]] of [[Cyprus]] |
| − | *[[January 18]]: [[Danae Stratigopoulou]], singer, songwriter, musician.
| + | *[[1979]]: [[Angelos Terzakis]], author |
| − | ===February===
| + | *[[1994]]: [[Nikos Hadjikyriakos Gikas]], painter |
| − | *[[February 2]]: [[Giorgos Pantelakis]], former President of [[PAOK FC|PAOK]]. | + | *[[2009]]: [[Nikolaos Makarezos]], member of the military [[junta]] that governed Greece ([[1967]] - [[1973]]) |
| − | *[[February 4]]: [[Aleka Paizi]], actress
| + | *[[2015]]: [[Nikos Tsachiridis]], actor |
| − | ===April===
| + | *[[2024]]: [[Dimitris Theofanis]], footballer |
| − | *[[April 18]]: [[Babis Kotridis]], footballer
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| − | *[[April 20]]: [[Beata Asimakopoulou]], actress
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| − | ===May===
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| − | *[[May 9]]: [[Evgenios Spatharis]], master of the shadow theatre ([[Karagiozis]]).
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| − | *[[May 9]]: [[Theodoros Exarchos]], actor
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| − | *[[May 25]]: [[Nana Georgiou]], [[Cypriot]] actress
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| − | *[[May 26]]: [[Michalis Papayiannakis]], politician, MP, MEP. | |
| − | ===June===
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| − | *[[June 10]]: [[Stelios Skevofilakas]], footballer | |
| − | *[[June 24]]: İsmet Güney, Turkish-Cypriot designer of the [[flag of Cyprus]].
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| − | *[[June 27]]: [[Spyros Kalogirou]], actor | |
| − | ===July===
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| − | *[[July 7]]: [[Costas Chimonides]], [[high jump]] athlete, coach | |
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| − | *[[August 3]]: [[Nikolaos Makarezos]], member of the military [[junta]] that governed Greece ([[1967]] - [[1973]]) | |
| − | *[[August 14]]: [[Lavelle Felton]], [[basketball]] player. | |
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