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===October=== | ===October=== | ||
*[[October 27]] : [[Babis Tsertos]], musician, performer of traditional, folk and [[rebetiko]] songs | *[[October 27]] : [[Babis Tsertos]], musician, performer of traditional, folk and [[rebetiko]] songs | ||
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| + | *[[November 13]]: [[Anna Verouli]], athlete. | ||
[[Category:Years]] | [[Category:Years]] | ||
Revision as of 13:18, September 8, 2006
Events
February
- February 7: Student Petros Yiallouros, a member of ANE, is slain during a protest in Cyprus.
March
- March 4: 17-year old EOKA fighter, Giorgos Charalambous, is killed in Limassol.
May
- May 10: Michalis Karaolis and Andreas Dimitriou become the first two Greek-Cypriots executed by the British during the EOKA campaign.
June
- June 10: The Lycabettus funicular came into operation
July
- July 9: A powerful earthquake (7.3 on the Richter scale) strikes Santorini resulting in 53 deaths and more than 100 injuries.
August
- August 10: Phaedon Mattheou scores a personal record of 28 points against Syria (94-75) at Cairo for the pre-olympic tournament. Mattheou will score a total of 529 points in 44 matches with the national basketball team. In this match Vangelis Nikitopoulos will play for the second and last time in his career.
Births
September
- September 14: Costas Karamanlis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
October
- October 27 : Babis Tsertos, musician, performer of traditional, folk and rebetiko songs
November
- November 13: Anna Verouli, athlete.