Phantis:Selected anniversaries/April 7
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- 1896: Leonidas Pyrgos became the first Greek to win an Olympic Gold Medal after defeating Frenchman Peronnet at fencing.
- 1999: AEK played against Partizan Belgrade, despite the NATO bombardments, to show solidarity with the Serbian people.
- 2001: Olympiakos defeat Ferencvaros 9-7 and became the first Greek water polo team to qualify for the Champions' Cup final four.
- Births: Apostolos Kaldaras, composer (1922)
- Deaths: El Greco, painter (1614), Antonis Tritsis, former Mayor of Athens (1992), Grigoris Bithikotsis, singer (2005)