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• 2009 Pasok wins wopping majority after 8 years of New Democracy vacilation, non-action and more than their share of scandal.
• 2003 - 2004 Olympic Games Smash New Democracy success & Pasok now in opposition! Win for Karamanlis
• 22 Sep 1996: PASOK under Simitis wins elections with 41,5%. 
• July 1996: Costas Simitis wins 54% of PASOK delegates against his party-opponent Akis Tsochatzopoulos. 
• 23 June 1996: Death of one of the most successful (and controversial) Greek leaders of the century, Andreas George Papandreou. 
• Jan 1996: Papandreou surrenders his Prime Ministerhip because of serious sickness. Costas Simitis becomes new Prime Minister. 
• 1981, 1985, 1993: Papandreou wins elections, the last one with 47% after narrowly escaping charges of corruption. 
• 1980: Membership in the EU. 
• 11 June 1975: Adoption of the new Constitution, renewing the parliamentary democracy of Greece. 
• 1975, 1977: Karamanlis wins elections. 
• 1974: Following the Cyprus crisis, the military regime resigns and a referendum favors parliamentary democracy. Karamanlis and Papandreou return to Greece, founding two new parties (New Democracy and Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement PASOK). Karamanlis forms a government of "National Unity". 
• 1973: The Papadopoulos regime collapses under an internal military coup. 
• 1967: The colonels' putsch installs the dictatorial regime under G. Papadopoulos; the political leadership is exiled. 
• 1958: Revision of the constitution. 
• 1952: Membership in NATO. 
• 1946-1949: Civil war. 
• 1941-1944: Occupation by German troops. 
• 1936-1941: Dictatorship of I. Metaxas. 
• 1935: Monarchy is reinstated under King George II. 
• 1927: Constitution of the "Second Greek Republic". 
• 1924: Proclamation of the Greek Republic. 
• 1922: Defeat of Greece in the war against Turkey in Minor Asia. 1,5 million of Greek refugees flee in mainland. 
• 1912-13: Balkan wars. 
• 1911: Revision of the Constitution by E. Venizelos. Foundation of the rule of law in Greece. 
• 1875: Foundation of parliamentary regime. 
• 1864: New Constitution. 
• 1844: The first Constitution of the Greek independent State. 
• 1830: Declaration of an independent Greek kingdom. 
• 1821-1827: Revolution and war of Independence. 
• 1453-1821: Turkish rule. 
• 330-1453: Byzantine Empire. 
• 197 B.C.: Beginning of Roman rule. 
• 336-323 B.C.: Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, student of Aristotle, founds the Helenistic Empire. 
• 431-404 B.C.: Peloponnesian war. 
• 446-429 B.C.: Periclean time. Golden age of Athens. 
• 490-479 B.C.: Persian wars (Marathon, Salamis, Platää). 
• 509 B.C.: Foundation of democracy by Kleisthenes. 
• 600 B.C.: New Constitution by Solon in Athens.