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==Events==
===January===
*[[January 10]]: [[Greece]] devalues the [[drachma]] by 15.5%*[[January 17]]: A major earthquake (7.0 on the Richter scale) strikes off the coast of[[Kefalonia]].*[[January 29]]: [[Greece ]] reforms family law giving women equal rights. ===February===*[[February 5]]: The figures of the 1981 Census are announced: the population of Greece stands at 9,740,411.*[[February 24]]: The SS "Golden Dawn" sinks off the coast of [[Euboea]]. 26 passengers drown. ===March===*[[March 19]]: "Vradyni" publisher, Tzortzis Athanasiadis is murdered in his office by left-wing radicals.*[[March 22]]: In a letter to the Police, an organisation called "Anti-terrorist Struggle" assumes responsibility for the murder of publisher [[Tzortzis Athanasiadis]].*[[March 30]]: The 5-day, 40-hour work week is enacted for private industry in Greece. 
===June===
*[[June 4]]: [[Panagiotis Panagos]] breaks the Greek record in the [[high jump]] with 2.26m.
*[[June 29]]: [[OAKA Stadium]] suffers severe damages by rioting hooligans during the [[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup final]] [[AEK FC|AEK]]- [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] (2-0). Sports general secretary [[Kimon Koulouris]] states that no football game will ever be held again in OAKA Stadium.
 
===August===
*[[August 6]]: A powerful earthquake (6.8 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Lemnos]] and the surrounding area.
 
===September===
*[[September 22]]: Indian PM Indira Gandhi pays a three-day visit to Greece.
*[[September 28]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] defeat Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 at [[OAKA Stadium]] and advance in the Cup of Champions (first match 0-0 draw). [[Nikos Anastopoulos]] scores both goals in extra time.
 
===October===
*[[October 6]]: Composer [[Mikis Theodorakis]] receives the Lenin Award.
*[[October 26]]: For the first time in Greece, a woman gives birth through in-vitro fertilisation.
 
===November===
*[[November 15]]: The "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" is proclaimed in the occupied territories of the [[Cyprus|island]]. Only Turkey will recognise this state.
*[[November 15]]: US Navy Captain, George Tsantes, who is the head of JUSMAGG, is killed with his driver Nikos Veloutsos, an employee of the US Embassy, on Kifissia Avenue in [[Psychiko]]. The [[Revolutionary Organisation 17 November]] assume responsibility.
 
==Births==
===March===
*[[March 29]]: [[Stathis Aloneftis]], footballer
===May===
*[[May 2]]: [[Derek Boateng]], ex-[[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] footballer.
===August===
*[[August 8]]: [[Nikos Zisis]], [[basketball]] player
===September===
*[[September 10]]: [[Fernando Belluschi]], footballer
*[[September 16]]: [[Katerine Avgoustakis]], Greek-Belgian singer
===October===
*[[October 8]]: [[Anna Pollatou]], gymnast, bronze medalist in [[2000]] Olympiad.
*[[October 10]]: [[Nikos Spyropoulos]], footballer
 
===November===
*[[November 17]]: [[Yiannis Bourousis]], [[basketball]] player.
===December===
*[[December 30]]: [[Eleana Papaioannou]], singer
==Deaths==
===August===
*[[August 4]]: [[Nikos Goulandris]], shipowner, president of [[Olympiakos FC]].
===September===
*[[September 3]]: [[Ellie Lambeti]], actress
===October===
*[[October 9]]: [[Antonis Papadopoulos]], actor
*Date unknown: [[Teriade]], art critic, publisher
 
===November===
*[[November 23]]: [[Aris Vlachopoulos]], actor
 
 
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[[Category:1983]]

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