On this day in Greece

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June 30

Events

• 1913: The first massacre at Doxato takes place during the Second Balkan War, as Bulgarian troops kill 650 inhabitants of this Drama prefecture town before burning it to the ground. A second massacre would take place in the same town during World War II (see September 29).
• 1919: The Greek Army evacuates Aydini.
• 1930: The Law School of the University of Thessaloniki is established.
• 1948: A strong earthquake (6.4 on the Richter scale) strikes Lefkada adding to the destruction of another earthquake on April 22 of the same year.
• 1955: EOKA fighter, Markos Drakos, is arrested by the British. He will escape three months later.
• 1972: The Military Government of Greece passes a "quickie divorce" law. Dictator George Papadopoulos will avail himself of his own law to divorce his first wife.
• 1984: Thessaloniki is twinned with Lemesos, Cyprus.
• 1993: Russian President Boris Yeltsin visits Greece.

Sports

• 1961: Pele scores twice as World champions FC Santos defeat Panathinaikos 3-2

Deaths

• 1996: Lakis Petropoulos, football player and coach.

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July 1

Events

• 1428: Future emperor Constantine XI Palaeologus marries Maddalena Tocco, his first wife.
• 1863: France, Britain and Russia sign an agreement with Denmark concerning the election of Prince George as King of Greece.
• 1920: The Greek Army enters Panormos during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
• 1927: A major earthquake (7.1 on the Richter scale) strikes Laconia.
• 1946: The first eleven special military courts are set up in Greece following the Emergency Measures Act of June 17.
• 1963: Aristotle Onassis acquires Skorpios island off the coast of Lefkada.
• 1995: Former Crown Prince Pavlos marries American Marie-Chantal Miller in London. 10 New Democracy MPs attend the wedding causing a stir in Greek politics
• 2009: A ban on smoking in nearly all enclosed public places goes into effect throughout Greece.

Sports

• 1973: Spyros Kontosoros breaks the Greek record in the 3000m steeplechase with 8:25.6.
• 1976: Apostolos Kathiniotis breaks the Greek record in the triple jump with 16.61m.
• 2004 - The Greek National Football Team advances to the Euro 2004 final game after beating the Czech Republic 1-0 (silver goal in extra time by Traianos Dellas).

Births

• 1899: Konstantinos Tsatsos, politician, President of Greece.
• 1934: Iakovos Patatsos, member of the EOKA guerilla group.

Deaths

• 1839: Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire during the Greek War of Independence

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July 2

Events

• 1839: The cornerstone is laid on the building to house the University of Athens.
• 1941: Chrysanthus is removed as Archbishop of Athens after refusing to swear in the Georgios Tsolakoglou government.
• 1974: Archbishop Makarios III demands that Greece remove all its Cypriot National Guard officers except for 100 to remain in an advisory and training capacity.
• 1989: Tzannis Tzannetakis is sworn in as Prime Minister heading a curious coalition of conservatives and communists.
• 2007: Senior US diplomat to Cyprus, Tom Mooney, is found dead near Kalopanagiotis.
• 2007: The Athens Stock Exchange moves from 10 Sofokleous Street to Athens Avenue.

Births

• 1906: Christos Tsaganeas, stage and screen actor
• 1939: Alexandros Panagoulis

Deaths

• 1976: Christos Tsaganeas, stage and screen actor

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July 3

Events

• 1821: A Greek force under Markos Botsaris defeats the Turks at the Battle of Komboti, near Arta.
• 1948: The Corinth Canal, which was rendered useless by the retreating Germans, is put into operation again.
• 1960: Athens daily "To Vima" announces it will no longer print two obsolete diacritics of the Greek language: the grave accent ("vareia") and the iota subscript ("ypogegrammeni").
• 2002: Greek police locate the main hideout of the Revolutionary Organisation 17 November.

Sports

• 1952: Denmark defeat Greece 2-1 in Tampere, Finland. The man of the match was goalkeeper, Nikos Pentzaropoulos who played the game of his life to keep the score close.
• 2006: FIFA suspended the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), European champions Greece and its member clubs, from international competition because of government interference in the sport.

Births

• 1909: Stavros Niarchos, shipping magnate
• 1979: Sotiris Kyrgiakos, footballer

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July 4

Events

• 847: Ignatius I is named Patriarch of Constantinople.
• 1822: The Battle of Peta is fought during the Greek War of Independence.
• 1976: The Democratic Rally Party of Cyprus is founded by Glafkos Clerides.
• 1990: Cyprus applies for membership in the European Union.
• 1994: Turkish Diplomat, Omer Sipahioglu, is shot and killed in Palio Faliron. The Revolutionary Organization 17 November assume responsibility.
• 2003: The Greek government, under Prime Minister Costas Simitis, has a Cabinet reshuffle.
• 2004: The Greek National Football Team beats Portugal at the final game of Euro 2004 and is crowned European Champions

Sports

• 1961: Olympiakos stun World Champions FC Santos (with Pele) 2-1 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium (Antonis Poseidon, Tasos Sourounis - Mimis Stefanakos og). Fans protested the ticket price of 35 drachmas -- three times more than the regular 10 drachmas ticket price of the times.
• 1999: Greek-American Pete Sampras wins his 6th Wimbledon title by defeating Andre Agassi 3-0 sets.

Births

• 1909: Stavros Niarchos, shipowner
• 1940: Anna Fonsou, actress
• 1965: Kyriakos Karataidis, footballer

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July 5

Events

• 1902: A powerful earthquake (6.5 on the Richter scale) strikes Thessaloniki
• 1928: Eleftherios Venizelos' Laiko Komma win the national elections.
• 1958: British troops fire upon civilian protesters in Avgorou, Cyprus, killing pregnant mother Loukia Papageorgiou.
• 1965: Maria Callas appears for the last time in an opera, at Covent Garden in London, in "Tosca" directed by Franco Zefirelli.
• 1970: Cyprus holds its second parliamentary elections with the abstention of the Turkish Cypriot community.
• 1994: The European Court declares the importation of products from Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus "illegal and contrary to EU legislation".

Sports

• 1986: Nikos Galis scores a record 35 points as Greece beat Panama 110-81 for the World Basketball Championship in Zaragoza
• 1992: Nikos Galis leaves Aris Salonica when the club president president Theofilos Mitroudis offers him a coaching post suggesting he should stop his career as a player. Ten days later, Galis moves to Athens.
• 1998: Greek-American Pete Sampras wins his 5th successive Wimbledon title, equalling the record set by Bjorn Borg.

Births

• 1837: Patriarch Joachim IV of Constantinople

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July 6



Events

• 1439: The union of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church is approved at the Council of Florence.
• 1925: A powerful earthquake (6.6 on the Richter scale) strikes Achaea prefecture and the surrounding area.
• 1959: New, mandatory ID cards are issued in Greece.
• 1960: The constitution of the newly-established Republic of Cyprus is finalised.

Sports

• 1999: Nikos Machlas transfers from Vitesse Arhnem to Ajax Amsterdam for 5.5 billion drachmas.
• 2003: Greek-Australian Mark Philippoussis loses the Wimbledon final to Roger Federer.

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July 7

Events

• 1858: By decree from the High Porte, Cretans are given the right to bear arms and elect their eldermen
• 1939: Ioannis Drosopoulos is approved as governor of the Bank of Greece
• 1979: Bank employees strike across Greece.
• 1980: Unidentified bombers destroy mega-stores Lampropoulos in Piraeus and Dragonas in Athens.
• 1994: The Greek government launches a formal protest against the decision of the Albanian Parliament to commemorate the "genocide" of the Albanian minority in Northern Greece.

Sports

• 2004: Gogo Tsiligiri breaks the Greek pole vault record with a jump of 4.47m

Births

• 1936: Nikos Xylouris, Cretan singer
• 1941: Georgios Souflias, politician
• 1979: Tasos Gousis, athlete (200m, 400m)

Deaths

• 1972: Patriarch Athenagoras
• 2006: Methodios, Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain
• 2007: Aristarchos Fountoukidis, footballer

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July 8

Events

• 1908: Greek and Bulgarian guerrilas battle near Mt Kaymaktsalan in Macedonia.
• 1990: Greece and the US sign a new agreement concerning military bases on Greek soil.
• 1996: Cypriot parties, on both sides of the divide, condemn the assassination of Turkish-Cypriot reporter Kutlu Adali.

Sports

• 1940: The Olympic Swimming Complex, constructed under the initiative of the Hellenic Olympic Committee and cost 7.5 million drachmas, is inaugurated.
• 1999 Brazilian footballer Giovanni transfers to Olympiakos for 4 billion drachmas.

Births

• 1851: Sir Arthur Evans, archaeologist
• 1876: Alexandros Papanastasiou, politician, Prime Minister
• 1978: Dimitris Grammozis, footballer

Deaths

• 1961: Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Prime Minister during the Nazi occupation of Greece.

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July 9

Events

• 1821: Archbishop Kyprianos of Cyprus is hanged by the Turks in an attempt to intimidate the Cypriots from joining the Greek Revolution. The bishops of Paphos, Kition and Kyrenia and 470 other important Cypriots are also executed.
• 1824: During the Greek War of Independence, Chrysanthus becomes Ecumenical Patriarch.
• 1832: The Treaty of London is signed.
• 1863: Reform-minded clergymen and laics have Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim II removed from office.
• 1906: Metropolitan Photius of Korytsa is murdered during the Macedonian Struggle.
• 1920: The Greeks take Bursa during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
• 1956: A major earthquake (7.3 on the Richter scale) strikes Santorini resulting in 53 deaths and more than 100 injuries.
• 1963: King Paul and Queen Frederika visit England where they are greeted by mass demonstrations.
• 1980: A powerful earthquake (6.5 on the Richter scale) strikes Almyros and the Volos area, destroying more than 5,000 buildings.

Sports

• 1999: Nikos Kaklamanakis wins the silver medal at the World Mistral Championship in Belgium.
• 2000: Alexandros Papadimitriou become the first Greek hammer thrower to break the 80m barrier (80.45m).
• 2000: Greek-American Pete Sampras wins Wimbledon and sets a new record with 13 Grand Slam titles.
• 2008: Piyi Devetzi jumps 15.22 meters at Thessaloniki's’ Kaftantzoglio Stadium, breaking her own world best performance for the year in the triple-jump.

Births

• 1901: Konstantinos Kallias, politician

Deaths

• 518: Anastasius I, Byzantine emperor

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July 10

Events

• 1774: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarci which allows for freedom of movement for all ships under the Russian flag. Greeks will take advantage of this treaty to build up their fleets with ships flying the Russian flag.
• 1878: A British force, under Admiral Lord John Hay, arrives in Larnaca. The British rule of Cyprus commences.
• 1949: Marshall Tito closes the border between Yugoslavia and Greece. This action led to the rapid defeat of the communists during the Greek Civil War.
• 1976: Greek Cypriot Kostas Georgiou, better known as "Colonel Callan", is executed by a firing squad for war crimes during the Angolan civil war.
• 2007: AKEL pull out of the coalition that has governed Cyprus for the past 4.5 years.

Births

• 356 BC: Alexander the Great
• 1965: Former Princess Alexia
• 1980: Ezequiel Gonzalez, footballer

Deaths

• 2000: Michalis Maramis, discus champion and one of the leading Greek athletes in the 60s, dies of cancer