2017 in Greece
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Events in the year 2017 in Greece.
Incumbents
Events
- 13 May – Three people are killed when a train derails in Adendro and hits a house.
- 12 June – The 6.3 Mw Lesbos earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing one and injuring ten.
- 21 July – The 6.6 Mw Aegean Sea earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing two and injuring 480+.
- 15 November – In one of the greatest disasters in the area in decades, flash floods hit Western Attica, particularly the Athens suburb of Mandra, killing twenty-three.
Deaths
- 13 January – Magic Alex, or Yanni Alexis Mardas, electronics engineer (b. 1942).[1]
- 7 February – Konstantinos Despotopoulos, philosopher and politician, MP (b. 1913)
- 17 February – Evangelos Basiakos, politician, MP (b. 1954).[2]
- 29 May – Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Former Greek Prime Minister (b. 1918).[3]
- 5 June – Giorgos Masadis, footballer (b. 1944)
References
- "Αλέξης Μάρδας: Όταν οι Beatles τον "έχρισαν" Magic Alex!" [Alexis Mardas: When the Beatles called him Magic Alex!]. Newsit.gr (in Greek). 13 January 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- "New Democracy MP dies of heart attack at age 63". ekathimerini.com. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- "former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis dies". ekathimerini.com. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
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