July 1
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Events
- 1428: Future emperor Constantine XI Palaeologus marries Maddalena Tocco, his first wife.
- 1863: France, Britain and Russia sign an agreement with Denmark concerning the election of Prince George as King of Greece.
- 1920: The Greek Army enters Panormos during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
- 1927: A major earthquake (7.1 on the Richter scale) strikes Laconia.
- 1946: The first eleven special military courts are set up in Greece following the Emergency Measures Act of June 17.
- 1963: Aristotle Onassis acquires Skorpios island off the coast of Lefkada.
- 1995: Former Crown Prince Pavlos marries American Marie-Chantal Miller in London. 10 New Democracy MPs attend the wedding causing a stir in Greek politics
- 2009: A ban on smoking in nearly all enclosed public places goes into effect throughout Greece.
Sports
- 1973: Spyros Kontosoros breaks the Greek record in the 3000m steeplechase with 8:25.6.
- 1976: Apostolos Kathiniotis breaks the Greek record in the triple jump with 16.61m.
- 2004 - The Greek National Football Team advances to the Euro 2004 final game after beating the Czech Republic 1-0 (silver goal in extra time by Traianos Dellas).
- 2009: Two members of Greece's weightlifting team at the Mediterranean Games in Italy test positive for doping, according to the head of the Greek Weightlifting Federation (EOAB). Nikos Kourtidis, who won two gold medals in the men's 94-kg category, and Konstantina Lapou, who took silver in the women's 58-kg.
Births
- 1899: Konstantinos Tsatsos, politician, President of Greece.
- 1934: Iakovos Patatsos, member of the EOKA guerilla group.
Deaths
- 1839: Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire during the Greek War of Independence