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==Events==
 
==Events==
 
===January===
 
===January===
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*[[January 18]]: A powerful earthquake (6.6 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Zakynthos]].
 
*[[January 26]]: [[Calliope Ouzouni]] breaks the Greek women's record for the [[shot put]] with 18.12m
 
*[[January 26]]: [[Calliope Ouzouni]] breaks the Greek women's record for the [[shot put]] with 18.12m
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===February===
 
===February===
 
*[[February 26]]:  37 [[New Democracy]] MPs petition the Greek Parliament to release former dictator [[George Papadopoulos]] from jail because of ill health.
 
*[[February 26]]:  37 [[New Democracy]] MPs petition the Greek Parliament to release former dictator [[George Papadopoulos]] from jail because of ill health.
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===August===
 
===August===
 
*[[August 2]]: [[Angelos Pavlakakis]] breaks the Greek record for the [[100m]] with 10.11.
 
*[[August 2]]: [[Angelos Pavlakakis]] breaks the Greek record for the [[100m]] with 10.11.
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*[[August 6]]: Greece win the 37th [[CISM]] [[football (soccer)|football]] championship, defeating Italy 1-0 in the final game (55' [[Nikos Lyberopoulos|Lyberopoulos]] pen).
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*[[August 8]]: [[Christos Meletoglou]] breaks the 16-year old Greek record in the [[triple jump]] with 17.12m.
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*[[August 18]]: [[Niki Xanthou]] breaks the Greek women's record in the [[long jump]] with  7.03m.
  
 
===September===
 
===September===
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*[[January 18]]: [[Paul Tsongas]], [[Greek-American]] politician.
 
*[[January 18]]: [[Paul Tsongas]], [[Greek-American]] politician.
 
===April===
 
===April===
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*[[April 20]]: [[Stamatis Polenakis]], cartoonist
 
*[[April 30]]: [[Georgios Plytas]], politician, Mayor of [[Athens]]
 
*[[April 30]]: [[Georgios Plytas]], politician, Mayor of [[Athens]]
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===June===
 
===June===
 
*[[June 1]]: [[George Livanos]], shipowner.
 
*[[June 1]]: [[George Livanos]], shipowner.
*[[June 23]]: [[Giorgos Katsaros]], composer.
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*[[June 23]]: [[Giorgos Katsaros (Theologitis)|Giorgos Katsaros]], singer, composer, guitarist.
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===August===
 
===August===
 
*[[August 27]]: [[Sotiria Bellou]], [[rebetiko]] singer.
 
*[[August 27]]: [[Sotiria Bellou]], [[rebetiko]] singer.

Latest revision as of 13:09, July 19, 2011

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November

December

  • December 2: A bomb explodes at the Patriarchate of Constantinople, seriously injuring Orthodox deacon, Nectarius Nikolou, and damaging several buildings.
  • December 17: A Russian-built Yakovlev 42, belonging to Ukraine's Aerosweet airlines, crashed on Pieria mountains after losing its orientation and contact with ground control. All 70 people on board died. The destination of the airplane was Thessaloniki, Macedonia Airport.
  • December 20: A Hellenic Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane crashes while taking part in a search for a missing Ukrainian airliner that crashed three days earlier. All five crew members of the C-130 died.
  • December 30: The second Eurostars basketball game is held in Tel Aviv. East (Karnisovas, Economou, Radja, Scott- coached by Dusan Ivkovic) beats West 129-107. Arturas Karnisovas is voted MVP

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