Difference between revisions of "January 25"

Latest revision as of 20:19, January 25, 2026

1947: Dimitrios Maximos forms an all-inclusive government with political opponents Sophoklis Venizelos and Konstantinos Tsaldaris serving as his two vice-presidents
1962: Iakovos III resigns his post as Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.
2015: The radical left-wing SYRIZA party of Alexis Tsipras wins the parliamentary elections with 36.34% of the vote, gaining 149 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.

1998: Giorgos Vasilakopoulos replaces Zacharias Alexandrou as President of the Hellenic Basketball Federation (EOK). Alexandrou had been President from 1977.
2026: Greece defeats Italy 12-5 to win bronze in the European water polo championship. This marks the first time a Greek team won a medal in this sport.

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 ===Sports===
 *[[1998]]: [[Giorgos Vasilakopoulos]] replaces [[Zacharias Alexandrou]] as President of the [[Hellenic Basketball Federation]] (EOK). Alexandrou had been President from [[1977]].
+*[[2026]]: Greece defeats Italy 12-5 to win bronze in the European water polo championship. This marks the first time a Greek team won a medal in this sport.
 ==Births==
 *[[1925]]: [[Giorgos Zambetas]], [[Laiko]] composer and singer.
+*[[1933]]: [[Antonis Georgiadis]], footballer and coach
 *[[1938]]: [[Elias Papakyriakou]], [[EOKA]] fighter.
 *[[1980]]: [[Stathis Tavlaridis]], footballer