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==Events==
 
==Events==
===January===
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*[[1009]]: The [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in Jerusalem is completely destroyed by the "mad" Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, founder of the Druze sect (1021), who hacked out the Church's foundations down to the bedrock.
*[[January 16]]: Christofori Bakatselou, Maria Galani and Katerina Pantaina become the first female judges on the Disciplinary Committee of EPAE (Greek Football Clubs Association)
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*[[1912]]: Greek forces land in [[Thasos]], [[Imvros]] and [[Agios Efstratios]].
*[[January 16]]: Greece finish 5th at Women's Waterpolo World Championship in Perth, Australia after beating Canada 10-9 in overtime
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*[[1944]]: The Greek Government in exile, under [[Georgios Papandreou]], arrives in [[Piraeus]].
*[[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.
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*[[1979]]: The Greek government announces measures to save the [[Parthenon]] and other antiquites from pollution.
 
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*[[1979]]: [[Odysseus Elytis]] wins the Nobel prize for literature.
===February===
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*[[1981]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]] is elected PM of Greece as [[PASOK]] triumph in the general elections, winning 48.06% of the vote.
*[[February 1]]: [[Aris BC|Aris Thessaloniki]] (coached by Christos Magotsios) put aside the financial problems to win the 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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*[[1998]]: [[Vasilis Papageorgopoulos]] is elected mayor of [[Thessaloniki]]
*[[February 10]]: Young [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] midfielder Panagiotis Katsouris is killed in a car accident.
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===Sports===
*[[February 15]]: [[Glafkos Clerides]] is re-elected President of [[Cyprus]].
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*[[1994]]: [[Nikos Galis]] walks out on [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] and [[Basketball|Greek Basketball]]
===March===
 
*[[March 14]]: PM [[Costas Simitis]] announces the devaluation of the [[drachma]] by 14%.
 
===April===
 
*[[April 7]]: [[Greek-British]] pop star, [[George Michael]], is arrested in the US on charges of performing "lewd acts".
 
*[[April 8]]: [[Anghel Iordanescu]] becomes head coach of the [[National Football Team]] of [[Greece]].
 
 
 
===May===
 
*[[May 3]]: Vitesse striker [[Nikos Machlas]] scores his 34th goal in a match against Feyenoord (2-1) becoming Europe's top scorer
 
*[[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)
 
*[[May 17]]: [[Stelios Manolas]] plays his last game as [[AEK FC|AEK]] defeat [[SKODA Xanthi FC|SKODA Xanthi]] (2-0).
 
*[[May 23]]: Olympiakos lose to Ferencvaros in the Waterpolo European Cup double final.
 
*[[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.
 
*[[May 30]]: [[Katerina Thanou]] breaks the womens' 100m Greek record with a time of 10.99.
 
*[[May 31]]: [[U21 National Football Team|Greece U21]] rank 2nd after losing to Spain 1-0 in the final of European Football Championship.
 
 
 
===July===
 
*[[July 5]]: [[Greek-American]] [[Pete Sampras]] wins his 5th successive Wimbledon title, equalling the record set by Bjorn Borg.
 
*[[July 30]]: [[Fanis Christodoulou]] announces his retirement from professional [[basketball]].
 
 
 
===August===
 
*[[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.
 
*[[August 27]]: The Greek stock market ("Sofokleous Street") has its worst day ever as stocks tumble 7.7%.
 
 
 
===September===
 
*[[September 5]]: [[Cyprus National Football Team|Cyprus]] defeat Spain 3-2 in a Euro 2000 qualifier.
 
*[[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.
 
===October===
 
*[[October 18]]: [[Vasilis Papageorgopoulos]] is elected mayor of [[Thessaloniki]]
 
 
 
===December===
 
*[[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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==Births==
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*[[1918]]: [[Constantine Mitsotakis]] politician
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*[[1920]]: [[Melina Mercouri]], actress, activist and politician
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*[[1956]]: [[Giorgos Kimoulis]], actor
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*[[1963]]: [[Jimmy Patikas]], [[Greek-Australian]] footballer
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*[[1973]]: [[Michalis Kapsis]], footballer
 
==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
===January===
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*[[2025]]: [[Kostas Vallianos]], [[football]]er
*[[January 16]]: [[Dimitris Horn]], stage and screen actor.
 
*[[January 18]]: [[Dan Georgiadis]], football coach.
 
 
 
===February===
 
*[[February 28]]: [[Gregorios Staktopoulos]], journalist convicted of the [[George Polk]] murder.
 
 
 
===April===
 
*[[April 10]]: [[Seraphim]], [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece.
 
*[[April 23]]: [[Constantine Karamanlis]], Greek politician and Prime Minister.
 
 
 
===July===
 
*[[July 13]]: [[Constantine Kollias]], jurist and Prime Minister
 
===September===
 
*[[September 5]]: [[Takis Papoulidis]], football player
 
  
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