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*[[March 11]]: [[Sophia Vembo]], the "National Singer". | *[[March 11]]: [[Sophia Vembo]], the "National Singer". | ||
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| + | *[[May 26]]: [[Kyveli]], stage actress. | ||
===December=== | ===December=== | ||
Revision as of 11:41, December 5, 2006
Events
March
May
- May 17: AEK humble Olympiakos 6-1 in the semifinal of the Greek Football Cup. Thomas Mavros scores 3 goals, Dusan Bajevic, Tasos Konstantinou and Takis Nikoloudis the other 3.
- May 18: PM Constantine Karamanlis refuses to submit the entry of Greece into the EU to a referendum.
June
- June 20: A powerful earthquake (6.5 on Richter scale) strikes Thessaloniki; 35 people are dead in collapse of building at Nicephorus Phocas Street.
October
- October 11: Greece trounce Finland 8-1 in a Euro 1980 qualifier as Thomas Mavros scores 3, Takis Nikoloudis and Giorgos Delikaris 2 each and Mike Galakos one.
December
- December 10: Mimis Papaioannou succeeds Mimis Domazos as President of PSAP.
- December 15: The International Court of Justice at The Hague declares itself to be without authority to act on the matter of the Aegean continental shelf.
- December 22: By law, the "sea flag" (nine stripes with a white cross on the upper-left quadrant) is established as the one and only flag of the Greek nation.
Births
January
- January 23: Fiona Tzavara, singer
February
- February 19: Michalis Konstantinou, footballer.
April
- April 23: Kofi Amponsah, footballer.
June
- June 8: Maria Menounos, Greek-American actress and TV presenter
November
- November 5: Michalis Hadjiyiannis, singer.
Deaths
March
- March 11: Sophia Vembo, the "National Singer".
May
December
- December 19: Kostas Pretenteris, journalist/writer of theatrical works.