Difference between revisions of "1992"

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January 8: Nikos Galis is voted 6th best all-time European basketball player by readers of FIBA Basketball Magazine (Belov 317, Petrovic 280, Sabonis 277, Cocic 273, Kukoc 264, Galis 251, Corac 246 and Menegin 221). Giorgos Kolokithas ranks 46th (21 votes).

February 14: Tens of thousands protest in Thessaloniki against the use of the name "Macedonia" by FYROM.

Revolutionary Organization 17 November rocket attack on Greek Finance minister on July 14

July 5: Nikos Galis leaves Aris Salonica when the club president president Theofilos Mitroudis offers him a coaching post suggesting he should stop his career as a player. Ten days later, Galis moves to Athens.
July 14: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November launch a rocket attack against Finance Minister Ioannis Palaiokrassas. The minister escapes death but 22-year old student, Athanasios Axarlian, is killed.
July 15: Nikos Galis joins Panathinaikos.
July 31: Weightlifter Pyrros Dimas wins gold in the Barcelona Olympic Games.

August 6: Voula Patoulidou wins gold in the women's 100m hurdles at the Barcelona Olympic Games. Her comment after the race is: "For Greece, damn it!"

November 29: A new tax is set by the government. This new tax is to be paid annually by owners of real estate properties and is called ...Real Estate Tax.

December 21: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November attempt unsuccessfully to assassinate New Democracy deputy chairman Eleftherios Papadimitriou.

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 *[[July 14]]: The [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]] launch a rocket attack against Finance Minister [[Ioannis Palaiokrassas]]. The minister escapes death but 22-year old student, Athanasios Axarlian, is killed.
 *[[July 15]]: [[Nikos Galis]] joins [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]].
+*[[July 31]]: Weightlifter [[Pyrros Dimas]] wins gold in the Barcelona Olympic Games.
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