1989
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Contents
Events
April
- April 14: It is discovered that Giorgos Koskotas hid $8 million of embezzled funds into secret Swiss bank accounts.
July
- July 2: Tzannis Tzannetakis is sworn in as Prime Minister heading a curious coalition of conservatives and communists.
- July 14: PM Andreas Papandreou weds stewardess Dimitra Liani.
August
- August 3: A Shorts 330 of the Olympic Airways (now Olympic Airlines) crashes near Samos Airport; 31 passengers die.
September
- September 26: MP Pavlos Bakoyiannis is slain outside his office by members of the Revolutionary Organisation 17 November.
October
- October 12: US Ambassador Michael Sotirchos meets with Communist politicians Charilaos Florakis and Leonidas Kyrkos.
November
- November 23: The political parties of PASOK, New Democracy and Synaspismos agree to support Xenophon Zolotas for Prime Minister at head of a non-party administration until fresh elections could be held.
December
- December 17: Polish forward Krzysztof Warzycha plays his first game in a Panathinaikos jersey against AEK
Deaths
January
- January 20: Sir John Harding, former military governor of Cyprus
April
- April 2: Manolis Angelopoulos, singer
August
- August 15: General Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos