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 M_w Lesbos earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing one and injuring ten.
21 July – The 6.6 M_w 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)

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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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[1] "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.

[2] "New Democracy MP dies of heart attack at age 63". ekathimerini.com. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

[3] "former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis dies". ekathimerini.com. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

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