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*[[July 1]] - The Greek [[National Football Team]] advances to the [[Euro 2004]] final game after beating the Czech Republic 1-0 (silver goal, overtime). | *[[July 1]] - The Greek [[National Football Team]] advances to the [[Euro 2004]] final game after beating the Czech Republic 1-0 (silver goal, overtime). | ||
*[[July 4]] - The Greek [[National Football Team]] beats Portugal at the final game of [[Euro 2004]] and is crowned European Champions. | *[[July 4]] - The Greek [[National Football Team]] beats Portugal at the final game of [[Euro 2004]] and is crowned European Champions. | ||
| + | === August === | ||
| + | *[[August 29]]: The closing ceremonies are held for the [[2004 Summer Olympic Games]] in [[Athens]]. [[Anna Vissi]], [[Dionisis Savvopoulos]], [[Marinella]] and other top Greek singers give memorable performances. | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
Revision as of 14:49, August 8, 2006
Contents
Events
March
- March 7: Costas Karamanlis is elected Greek Prime Minister over Giorgos Papandreou. Karamanlis' New Democracy Party receives 45.36% of the vote whereas Papandreou's PASOK receives 40.55%. The Communist Party KKE is third with a 5.90% share of the vote.
April
- April 24: Greek Cypriots reject by 75.83% the Annan Plan for Cyprus reunification.
May
- May 3: Nikos Magitsis becomes the first Greek to climb Mt. Everest.
- May 23: Panathinaikos put an end to Olympiakos 7-year reign in the Greek league after their 1-0 win over Paniliakos. The green team, which had already conquered the Greek Cup with a 3-1 win over Olympiakos, completed a memorable domestic double.
June
- June 4: The Athens 2004 Olympic Flame started a journey from Ancient Olympia to Athens, during which it visited 26 states and 34 towns on all 5 continents.
- June 12: The Greek National Football Team spoil hosts' (Portugal) party at Euro 2004 by beating the host team 2-1.
- June 16: Greece draws with Spain 1-1 (Angelos Charisteas) in their second game for Euro 2004.
- June 20: Greece qualify for the knockout stages of Euro 2004 despite losing 2-1 to Russia.
- June 25: The Greek National Football Team advances to the Euro 2004 semi final game after beating France 1-0.
July
- July 1 - The Greek National Football Team advances to the Euro 2004 final game after beating the Czech Republic 1-0 (silver goal, overtime).
- July 4 - The Greek National Football Team beats Portugal at the final game of Euro 2004 and is crowned European Champions.
August
- August 29: The closing ceremonies are held for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens. Anna Vissi, Dionisis Savvopoulos, Marinella and other top Greek singers give memorable performances.
Deaths
June
- June 11: Xenophon Zolotas, politician
July
- July 29 - Rena Vlahopoulou, actress and singer.
August
- August 8: Dimitris Papamichail, actor
