August 13

Events

• 1968: Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate Dictator George Papadopoulos. The attempt fails.
• 2004: The opening Ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games takes place. Weightlifter Pyrros Dimas is the flag bearer for Greece.
• 2010: Ethnic Greek, Artistotelis Goumas, is killed in Chimara by a gang of Albanians. Earlier in the day, they had argued with Goumas over his speaking Greek.

Sports

• 1988: Evita Paraskevopoulou breaks the Greek women's record in the 50m freestyle with 26.70.
• 2008: Anorthosis Famagusta stun Olympiakos 3-0 in a CL 3rd qualifying round match. The advantage they gained resulted in Anorthosis being the first ever Cypriot team to make it into the CL group stage.

Births

• 1913: Archbishop Makarios III, first President of Cyprus
• 1933: Alekos Michailidis, Cypriot politician
• 1936: Kostas Hatzis, Greek Roma singer
• 1963: Jozef Wandzik, footballer

Deaths

• 1969: Aristides Papazoglou, footballer
• 2005 - Giorgos Zografos, singer and actor