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===October=== | ===October=== | ||
*[[October 2]]: [[AEK FC|AEK Athens]] striker [[Demis Nikolaidis]] scores against Real Madrid (3-3) in a Champions League match to become Greek top scorer in european competitions (25 goals) overcoming [[Dimitris Saravakos]] (24 goals). | *[[October 2]]: [[AEK FC|AEK Athens]] striker [[Demis Nikolaidis]] scores against Real Madrid (3-3) in a Champions League match to become Greek top scorer in european competitions (25 goals) overcoming [[Dimitris Saravakos]] (24 goals). | ||
| + | *[[October 9]]: An EU committee decides that [[Cyprus]] and nine other - mostly Eastern European - countries should be accepted into the European Union. | ||
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===November=== | ===November=== | ||
*[[November 28]]: The European Court of Human Rights awards a 13.7 million euro (4.6 billion drachmas) monetary compensation to the former [[King Constantine II]] and rules against the Greek government for the seizure of the ''royal property''. | *[[November 28]]: The European Court of Human Rights awards a 13.7 million euro (4.6 billion drachmas) monetary compensation to the former [[King Constantine II]] and rules against the Greek government for the seizure of the ''royal property''. | ||
Revision as of 12:07, October 4, 2006
Events
January
February
- February 23: Gogo Tsiligiri breaks the Greek women's indoor pole vault record with a 4.37m jump.
May
- May 5: Panathinaikos defeat Kinder Bologna 89-83 to win their third Euroleague title.
- May 25: Olympiakos become the first Greek water polo team to win the Champions League after defeating Honved 9-7 in the final in Budapest.
June
- June 29: A bomb that detonates in the hands of Savvas Xeros starts a chain reaction of arrests of Novermber 17th members.
July
- July 3: Greek police locate the main hideout of the Revolutionary Organisation 17 November.
- July 23: 37-year old teacher, Konstantinos Telios, surrenders to the police in Thessaloniki as a member of the Revolutionary Organisation 17 November.
August
- August 3: Greece wins its first medal in a European Aquatics Championships. The 4x200m free style team (Thanassis Economou, Nikos Xylouris, Spyros Gianniotis and Giannis Kokkodis) takes third place.
- August 7: Katerina Thanou and Katerina Vongoli win the gold medal in 100m and discus respectively, at the European Championships in Munich. Anastasia Kelesidou and Alexandros Papadimitriou place 3d in discus and shot put respectively.
- August 19: Periklis Iakovakis smashes Thanassis Kalogiannis' 15 year-old record (48.80) in the 400m race with 48.66 in Leeds.
October
- October 2: AEK Athens striker Demis Nikolaidis scores against Real Madrid (3-3) in a Champions League match to become Greek top scorer in european competitions (25 goals) overcoming Dimitris Saravakos (24 goals).
- October 9: An EU committee decides that Cyprus and nine other - mostly Eastern European - countries should be accepted into the European Union.
November
- November 28: The European Court of Human Rights awards a 13.7 million euro (4.6 billion drachmas) monetary compensation to the former King Constantine II and rules against the Greek government for the seizure of the royal property.
Deaths
February
- February 1: Stathis Tsanaktzis, footballer
- February 8: Yiannis Pathiakakis, footballer
March
- March 12: Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician and President.
April
- April 29: Yiannis Cholevas, footballer
June
- June 1: Kakia Analyti, actress.
- June 7: Malvina Karali, reporter and playwriter.
July
- July 20: Michalis Kritikopoulos, footballer
August
- August 25: Yiannis Gionakis, actor
September
- September 6: Ilia Livikou, actress
October
- October 31: Michail Stasinopoulos, politician, President of Greece