June 4

Events

713: Anastasius II ascends to the Byzantine throne.
1878: Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
1959: Greece rejected a Soviet note urging that no missile bases be established on Greek soil.
1974: Archbishop Makarios III announces his intent to decrease the strength of the Cypriot National Guard and replace the Junta-appointed mainland officers.
1977: Greece releases five British plane-spotters imprisoned for spying; they were released after 10 weeks in jail. {BBC)
1992: Bavarian Greeks petition their local government to convince the German government not to recognise FYROM as "Macedonia".
1993: FYROM reject Slobodan Milosevic's initiative to settle their dispute with Greece by being known as "Slavic Macedonia"
1993: Greece claims that she lost $2.6 billion on account of the EU embargo against Yugoslavia.
2010: Pope Benedict XVI visits Cyprus marking his first visit to an Orthodox country and the first visit ever to Cyprus by any pope of Rome.

1978: AEK defeat PAOK 2-0 in the final of the Greek Football Cup thus winning the double for the first time since 1939.
1983: Panagiotis Panagos breaks the Greek record in the high jump with 2.26m.
1991: FIBA celebrated the basketball jubilee by organizing an international tournament at Piraeus' Peace and Friendship Stadium. Italy ranked first and Greece second.
1996: Dusan Bajevic leaves AEK to coach Olympiakos.
2004: The Athens 2004 Olympic Flame started a journey from Ancient Olympia to Athens, during which it visited 26 states and 34 towns on all 5 continents.
2008: Panathinaikos BC win their sixth consecutive A1 Division basketball title.