HCS is pleased to present a regular series of brief historical sketches by Athens News. To view any of the items, just click on the link below.  Entries arranged from most recent to oldest dates.
Past/Present 1 September 2005-2006	Hurricane Katrina
Past/Present 14-22 August 2005	The worst air-disaster in Greek history
Past/Present 26 August 2004	Sprinter Fani Halkia triumphs in the women's 400-metre hurdles
Past/Present 13 August 2004	Athens 2004 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Past/Present 14 July 2004	The arrival of the Olympic flame on the island of Crete after a year-long relay around the globe
Past/Present 20 March 2003	Over 100,00 anti-war protesters, many of them high school and university students, teachers and labour activists, marched on the US embassy in Athens while similar mass demonstration were held throughout Greece.
Past/Present 27 February - 13 March 2003	After several months of deadlock, the Greek government on February 27 declared a consortium headed by US defense contractor SAIC.
Past/Present 13 October 2002	Yannis Tzannetakos suffers a crushing defeat in the first round of the local elections
Past/Present 3 July 2002	27 years after the first deadly strike of the phantom November 17 (17N) terrorist group, Greek police declare they finally discovered the organizations operational headquarters
Past/Present 3 October 2001	Largest Coastguard Swoop on Illegal Immigration in One Day.
Past/Present 4 April 1999	Athenians protest against Nato's bombing campaign on Yugoslavia.
Past/Present 23 June 1996	Death of Papandreou; End of political era in Greece
Past/Present 1 July 1989	Rise of New Democracy party on the heels of socialist scandal
Past/Present 30 March 1985	Twenty years before the current conservative prime minister, Costas Karamanlis, endorsed the election of a president from the ranks of the opposition Pasok party, the socialist prime minister Andreas Papandreau did exactly the opposite.
Past/Present 28 July 1975	Tribunal for Army Junta
Past/Present: 23-24 July 1975	Fall of military dictatorship; return of Karamanlis from exile.
Past/Present 8 July 1965	Political turmoil leading to army coup
Past/Present 7 June 1965	Court-marshall and disciplinary measures ordered against clandestine military pressure group
Past/Present: 22 May 1963	Murder of  peace activist MP Lambrakis
Past/Present 16 May 1963	Visit of de Gaulle to Greece; strengthening of Greek ties to European community
Past/Present 31 May 1941	Greek Resistance to Nazi WW2 Occupation
Past/Present 20 May 1941	The Battle of Crete marked the final victory of the Germans in their two-month-Iong Balkan campaign.
Past/Present 18 March 1936	Death of Eleftherios Venizelos
Past/Present 11 September 1922	Following the collapse of the Asia Minor front and the mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of Greeks.
Past/Present 6 March 1915	Prime Minister Eleftherios Resigns
Past/Present 22 June 1824	The destruction of Psara.
Past/Present 25 March 1821	Greek National Independence Day. The actual historical event refers to bishop Germanos' celebrations in 1821 for the liberation of the city of Patra, in conjunction with the religious feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, on March 25, following news of the revolution's first military victory against the Turks at Kalavryta.
(Posting date 10 August 2006. Updated 17 July 2007.) HCS encourages readers to view other articles and releases in our permanent, extensive archives at the URL http://www.helleniccomserve.com/contents.html.
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