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| − | ===January===
| + | *[[1823]]: The [[Battle of Kefalovriso]] takes place during the Greek [[War of Independence]]. [[Markos Botsaris]] is killed. |
| − | *[[January 29]]: [[Cyprus|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. | + | *[[1913]]: The [[Battle of Kresna Gorge]] is concluded as Bulgaria surrenders during the [[Second Balkan War]]. |
| − | ===February=== | + | *[[1956]]: [[Iakovos Patatsos]], [[Charilaos Michail]] and [[Andreas Zakos]] are hanged by the British in the [[Central Jail of Lefkosia]] |
| − | *[[February 2]]: The Greek government confirms that Greek Prime Minister [[Costas Karamanlis]] and several ministers had their mobile phones tapped for more than a year - begining before the [[Athens 2004|Athens Olympics]] in 2004 and lasting until March [[2005]]. | + | *[[1979]]: A medical certificate is no longer required for a wedding in [[Greece]]. |
| − | *[[February 14]]: [[Dora Bakoyianni]] is appointed Foreign Minister by PM [[Costas Karamanlis]]. | + | *[[1980]]: 13 people die in the heatwave that strikes Greece. |
| − | *[[February 23]]: [[Theodoros Bechrakis]] is elected interim Mayor of [[Athens]] by the city council, following [[Dora Bakoyianni|Dora Bakoyianni's]] resignation due to being appointed as Foreign Minister. Bechrakis receives 14 of the 25 votes while his opponent, Angelos Moschonas, receives 10. There was one blank ballot. | + | *[[2020]]: Floods on the island of [[Euboea]] leave seven people dead. |
| | + | ===Sports=== |
| | + | *[[1959]]: [[PAOK BC]] wins its first Greek basketball Championship. |
| | + | *[[2002]]: [[Kostas Kenteris]] wins gold at the Munich European Championship with a 19.85 performance at the [[200m]]. |
| | + | *[[2006]]: [[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. |
| | + | *[[2006]]: Triple jumper [[Pigi Devetzi]] wins silver (15.05 m) at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| | + | *[[2016]]: [[Anna Korakaki]] wins the gold medal for Greece in the 25m pistol at the Rio Olympics. She becomes the first Greek athlete in more than a century to win two medals in the same Olympics. |
| | + | *[[2018]]: [[Katerina Stefanidi]] and [[Nicole Kyriakopoulou]] finish 1-2 in the women's [[pole vault]] at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin. |
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| − | *[[April 16]]: A passenger train crashes into a truck, at a crossing near [[Drama]], killing four people and injuring 40.
| + | *[[1938]]: [[Otto Rehhagel]], [[National Football Team]] coach. |
| − | *[[April 18]]: [[Vassilis Kontovazenitis]] becomes the 15th President of [[EPAE]], taking over leadership from [[Alexandros Lykourezos]]
| + | *[[1988]]: [[Vasilis Koutsianikoulis]], footballer. |
| − | ===May===
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| − | *[[May 6]]: [[Periklis Iakovakis]] breaks the Greek record for 400m hurdles with 47.82.
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| − | *[[May 6]]: [[Apollon Limassol FC|Apollon Limassol]] defeat [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|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.
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| − | *[[May 10]]: In the first [[Greek Football Cup]] final played in [[Crete]], [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] defeat [[AEK FC|AEK]] 3-0.
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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.
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| − | *[[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. | |
| − | [[Image:Kostas-Iliakis-pilot.jpg|frame|Jet Fighter Pilot '''Costas Eliakis''' was never recovered after the two F-16 collision]]
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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 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. | |
| − | ===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=== | + | ==Deaths== |
| − | *[[August 1]]: [[Aris Grigoriadis]] wins a bronze medal at the European Swimming Championships, in 100m backstroke. | + | *[[378]]: [[Valens]], [[Byzantine emperor]] |
| − | *[[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".
| + | *[[803]]: [[Byzantine Empress Irene]] the "Athenian". |
| − | *[[August 3]]: [[Yiannis Drymonakos]] wins silver medal in the men's 200-meter butterfly at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest. | + | *[[1823]]: [[Markos Botsaris]], Greek revolutionary. |
| − | *[[August 3]]: [[Aris Grigoriadis]] captures silver medal in the men's 50-meter backstroke at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest. | + | *[[2025]]: [[Theodoros Pallas]], [[football]]er |
| − | *[[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 [[Pygi Devetzi]] wins silver (15.05 m) at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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| − | ===January===
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| − | *[[January 7]]: [[Leon Karapanagiotis]], Newspaper publisher
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| − | ===March===
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| − | *[[March 15]]: [[George Rallis]], politician and Prime Minister
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| − | ===May===
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| − | *[[May 4]]: [[Alexis Damianos]], actor, director
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| − | *[[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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