1991

Events

January

• January 13: The AEK- Olympiakos derby is interrupted five minutes before the end (1-2) when violent riots break out. Outside the Nea Philadelphia stadium a young fan is killed from a fire cracker. The match is repeated in Rhodes one month later and AEK win by 1-0 (Batista).

February

• February 7: President of the Greek Weightlifting Federation Giannis Sgouros brings Pyrros Dimas to Greece.
• February 10: Athens mayor Antonis Tritsis visits the bombed capital of Iraq, Baghdad
• February 16: Panathinaikos footballer, Danut Lupu, is arrested as leader of a criminal gang.
• February 24: Nikos Machlas makes his debut with OFI.
• February 27: Aleka Papariga is elected Secretary General of the Communist Party of Greece.
• February 28: Even without their fans, Aris beat Leverkusen 133-117 for the European Champions Cup. Aris were punished for the violence that broke out when the lights went out during a devastating game against Barcelona

March

• March 11: The trial for the Bank of Crete scandal begins with Giorgos Koskotas as the chief defendant.
• March 13: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November detonate a remote-controlled bomb that kills US Sgt. Ronald Stewart in Glyfada.

April

• April 18: Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas dies as a result of a stroke he suffered during the George Koskotas trial.
• April 12: Greek-American Senator, Paul Tsongas, announces his candidacy for the US Presidency.

June

• June 1: George Koskotas arrives in Athens after his extradition from the US. He is promptly jailed by Greek authorities.
• June 4: FIBA celebrated the basketball jubilee by organizing an international tournament at Piraeus' Peace and Friendship Stadium. Italy ranked first and Greece second.
• June 28: The 11th Mediterranean Games open in Greece. 3,500 athletes take part in 23 events.

July

• July 16: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November unsuccessfully attempt to murder Turkish Charge d' Affaires Deniz Bulikbasi.
• July 22: Fossils of rhinoceri, antilopes and giraffes are found in Chalkidiki.

August

• August 2: The daily sports journal Ora gia Sport is first published. The Sebos family is the publisher after their withdrawal from Athlitiki Iho.

September

• September 7: Cetin Giorku, Turkish assistant press attache, is shot and killed in his car in Pangrati, Athens. The Revolutionary Organisation 17 November assume responsibility.
• September 18: Athinaikos draw 0-0 with Manchester United for the Cup Winners' Cup.

October

• October 10: Greece humble Egypt 6-1 with Dimitris Saravakos scoring 5 goals.

November

• November 2: Policeman Yiannis Varis is killed and 6 other policemen are injured by a rocket and grenade attack on a MAT bus in Exarchia, Athens. The Revolutionary Organization 17 November assumes responsibility.
• November 2: Bartholomew is elected Patriarch of Constntinople.
• November 20: The European Parliament salutes the 2,500 anniversary of the birth of democracy in Greece.

December

• December 28: First All-Star basketball game in Greece. A team of Greek players faces a team of foreigners playing in the Greek championship. A dunk by John Hutson thrashes the board.

Deaths

January

• January 6: Anna Mantzourani, actress.
• January 10: Dimitris Myrat, stage actor.
• January 31: Kostas Moundakis, Cretan musician

February

• February 4: Eleni Skoura, first Greek woman Member of Parliament (aged 96).

April

• April 18: Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas, politician

August

• August 4: Nikiforos Vrettakos, poet
• August 4: Giorgos Mouflouzelis, rebetika musician.
• August 29: Alekos Sakellarios, writer and producer of theatrical plays.

October

• October 2: Patriarch Demetrius I