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1930: Greeks protest the rising unemployment rate.
1940: Two Greek Navy auxiliary vessels - the Orion and the Hydra - are attacked by Italian aircraft off the coast of Crete.
1967: The Junta strips 480 persons of their Greek citizenship.
1994: Two bombs go off in Rhodes, thought to be the work of foreign terrorists.

1958: Evangelos Depastas, breaks the Greek record for the 800m with a time of 1:49.1.
1958: Georgios Roubanis breaks the Greek record in the pole vault with 4.60m. His record will stand for six years.
2006: The FIFA Emergency Committee decided to lift the suspension on the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) on July 3 after receiving confirmation that the Greek Parliament had approved an amendment to the national legislation relating to sport.
2009: Greece win second place in the FIBA U19 World Basketball Championship after losing 88-80 to the USA in the final.

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 ===Sports===
 *[[1958]]: [[Evangelos Depastas]], breaks the Greek record for the [[800m]] with a time of 1:49.1.
+*[[1958]]: [[Georgios Roubanis]] breaks the Greek record in the [[pole vault]] with 4.60m. His record will stand for six years.
 *[[2006]]: The FIFA Emergency Committee decided to lift the suspension on the [[Hellenic Football Federation]] (HFF) on [[July 3]] after receiving confirmation that the [[Greek Parliament]] had approved an amendment to the national legislation relating to sport.
 *[[2009]]: Greece win second place in the FIBA U19 World [[Basketball]] Championship after losing 88-80 to the USA in the final.