August 4
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Events
- 1865: The Hymn to Freedom is established as the National Anthem of Greece.
- 1936: Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas declares a state of emergency and rules by decree.
Sports
- 1936: Christos Mantikas breaks the Greek record for the 400m hurdles: 53.5
- 1961: Myron Anyfandakis breaks the Greek record for the javelin throw with 74.15m.
- 1972: Vasilis Papageorgopoulos breaks the Greek record for the 100m with a 10.22 performance. The record will stand for 21 years.
- 1984: Babis Cholidis wins bronze in Greco-Roman wrestling in the Los Angeles Olympiad.
- 1992: Morfo Drosidou wins bronze in Tae Kwon Do in the Barcelona Olympic Games.
Births
- 1936: Giorgos Zografos, singer and actor.
- 1972: Predrag Djordjevic, footballer.
- 1975: Nikos Liberopoulos, footballer.
Deaths
- 1072: Romanus IV, Byzantine emperor
- 1834: Panourgias Panourgias, War of Independence hero.
- 1865: Makarios I, Archbishop of Cyprus.
- 1878: Patriarch Joachim II of Constantinople.
- 1975: Andreas Empirikos, writer.
- 1983: Nikos Goulandris, shipowner, president of Olympiakos FC.
- 1991: Nikiforos Vrettakos, poet.
- 1991: Giorgos Mouflouzelis, rebetika musician.