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*[[1996]]: PM [[Andreas Papandreou]] retires from office due to poor health. | *[[1996]]: PM [[Andreas Papandreou]] retires from office due to poor health. | ||
*[[2005]]: A wave of extreme weather conditions (thunderstorms, snowfall and 10 Beaufort gales) cost the lives of two persons: a football fan, 55-year-old Stamatis Georgioudakis, crushed by a metal door in [[Xanthi Stadium]] and a passenger of a snow-plough was electrocuted when his vehicle got tangled with a severed live wire at the [[Chalkida]] - Edipsos National Highway. | *[[2005]]: A wave of extreme weather conditions (thunderstorms, snowfall and 10 Beaufort gales) cost the lives of two persons: a football fan, 55-year-old Stamatis Georgioudakis, crushed by a metal door in [[Xanthi Stadium]] and a passenger of a snow-plough was electrocuted when his vehicle got tangled with a severed live wire at the [[Chalkida]] - Edipsos National Highway. | ||
| + | *[[2007]]: Students and teachers take to the streets in [[Athens]] to protest the Government-sponsored Education Reform Bill 16. | ||
===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
*[[1998]]: Hristofori Bakatselou, Maria Galani and Katerina Pantaina become the first female judges on the Disciplinary Committee of EPAE (Greek Football Clubs Association) | *[[1998]]: Hristofori Bakatselou, Maria Galani and Katerina Pantaina become the first female judges on the Disciplinary Committee of EPAE (Greek Football Clubs Association) | ||
Revision as of 19:02, January 19, 2007
Events
- 1992: Andreas Papandreou is acquitted by a 7-6 vote of a Special Court of the Bank of Crete scandal. His cohorts, Dimitris Tsovolas and Giorgos Petsos, are found guilty.
- 1996: PM Andreas Papandreou retires from office due to poor health.
- 2005: A wave of extreme weather conditions (thunderstorms, snowfall and 10 Beaufort gales) cost the lives of two persons: a football fan, 55-year-old Stamatis Georgioudakis, crushed by a metal door in Xanthi Stadium and a passenger of a snow-plough was electrocuted when his vehicle got tangled with a severed live wire at the Chalkida - Edipsos National Highway.
- 2007: Students and teachers take to the streets in Athens to protest the Government-sponsored Education Reform Bill 16.
Sports
- 1998: Hristofori Bakatselou, Maria Galani and Katerina Pantaina become the first female judges on the Disciplinary Committee of EPAE (Greek Football Clubs Association)
- 1998: Greece finish 5th at Women's Waterpolo World Championship in Perth, Australia after beating Canada 10-9 in overtime
- 2000: Basketball referee Stelios Simeonidis retires after 27 years
- 2000: Nikos Dabizas scores his 5th goal (Newcastle- Southampton) becoming the first Newcastle defender since 1893 to score in 2 consecutive games
Births
- 1939: Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Christodoulos.
Deaths
- 1998: Dimitris Horn, actor.