Difference between revisions of "1982"

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February 6: The Greek Ministry of Education abolishes the blue aprons that primary school pupils were forced to wear.
February 17: Civil wedding ceremonies are given equal status to religious ones in Greece.
February 27: PM Andreas Papandreou visits Cyprus.

March 31: Composer Vangelis Papathanasiou is awarded the Oscar for the score of "Chariots of Fire".

June 1: Greece assumes the Presidency of the European Union.
June 15: The Drachma is devalued by 15%.
June 29: At the play-off soccer game that takes place in Volos, Olympiakos defeats Panathinaikos with 2-1 and wins the championship. Both teams were ranked first with the same number of points. It was the second title Olympiakos won in this same stadium.

September 9: Anna Verouli wins gold at the European Games of Athens with a javelin throw of 70.02m.
September 12: The European Athletics championship concludes in Athens. The games were a huge success with four world records being set and a first ever gold medal for Greece: Anna Verouli in the javelin throw.
September 25: Sofia Sakorafa breaks the women's world record in the javelin with a throw of 74.20m.

November 2: The traffic ring is implemented for the first time in Athens in an effort to combat smog.

December 21: Nikos Nioplias makes his debut with OFI in a match against Apollon Athens

May 14: Despina Achladiotou, Greek folk heroine better known as "the Lady of Ro"

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+*[[June 1]]: Greece assumes the Presidency of the European Union.
 *[[June 15]]: The [[Drachma]] is devalued by 15%.
 *[[June 29]]:  At the play-off soccer game that takes place in [[Volos]], [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] defeats [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] with 2-1 and wins the championship. Both teams were ranked first with the same number of points. It was the second title Olympiakos won in this same stadium.