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.
• 2020: Haris Alexiou announces her retirement during an interview on the TV show “Katalili ora” due to persisting voice problems.

Sports

• 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.
• 2014: Panathinaikos defeats Olympiakos 82-71, in their fifth and decisive playoff game, and win their 34th Greek championship.

Births

• 470 BC: Socrates, ancient philosopher
• 1912: Angelos Lambrou, athlete
• 1929: Karolos Papoulias, President of the Hellenic Republic
• 1936: Kostas Tsimas, politician
• 1947: Vasilis Konstantinou, footballer
• 1977: Dionysis Chiotis, footballer
• 1981: Giourkas Seitaridis, football player

Deaths

• 2001: Dinos Eliopoulos, actor
• 2007: Sotiris Moustakas, actor