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===February=== | ===February=== | ||
*[[February 13]]: [[Apollon Limassol FC]] is founded | *[[February 13]]: [[Apollon Limassol FC]] is founded | ||
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| + | *[[April 30]]: A major earthquake (7.0 on the Richter scale) destroys [[Sofades]]. | ||
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===May=== | ===May=== | ||
*[[May 1]]: New banknotes are put into circulation in Greece in new [[Drachma]]s (1000 old drachmas = 1 new drachma). | *[[May 1]]: New banknotes are put into circulation in Greece in new [[Drachma]]s (1000 old drachmas = 1 new drachma). | ||
Revision as of 14:57, October 17, 2008
Events
February
- February 13: Apollon Limassol FC is founded
April
May
- May 1: New banknotes are put into circulation in Greece in new Drachmas (1000 old drachmas = 1 new drachma).
- May 21: Greece and Bulgaria resume diplomatic relations after 13 years.
June
- June 2: Yugoslavia's Marshall Tito visits Athens.
- June 5: Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia announce a Balkan Pact for mutual self-defense.
- June 21: Human artificial insemination is performed for the first time in Greece
August
- August 14: Communist Nikos Ploumbidis is executed by firing squad for espionage.
October
- October 16: US soldiers man the first American base on Greek soil in Heraklio, Crete.
Births
January
- January 15: Nikos Sarganis, footballer
February
- February 3: Savvas Tsitouridis, politician.
March
- March 6: Antypas, singer
- March 8: Juan Ramon Rocha, footballer
May
- May 6: Dora Bakoyannis, politician
- May 31: Thomas Mavros, footballer
June
- June 8: Marios Tokas, songwriter
October
- October 5: George Koskotas, convicted former banker and Olympiakos president.
- October 19: Fernando Santos, football coach
- October 26: Vasilis Chatzipanagis, footballer
November
- November 14: Yanni, new age composer
Deaths
February
- February 28: Stella Haskil, rebetiko singer
May
- May 31: Antonis Benakis, art collector
August
- August 14: Nikos Ploumbidis, communist official
September
- September 11: Marika Kotopouli, stage actress