June 30

Events

1913: The first massacre at Doxato takes place during the Second Balkan War, as Bulgarian troops kill 650 inhabitants of this Drama prefecture town before burning it to the ground. A second massacre would take place in the same town during World War II (see September 29).
1919: The Greek Army evacuates Aydini.
1930: The Law School of the University of Thessaloniki is established.
1948: A strong earthquake (6.4 on the Richter scale) strikes Lefkada adding to the destruction of another earthquake on April 22 of the same year.
1955: EOKA fighter, Markos Drakos, is arrested by the British. He will escape three months later.
1972: The Military Government of Greece passes a "quickie divorce" law.
1984: Thessaloniki is twinned with Lemesos, Cyprus.
1993: Russian President Boris Yeltsin visits Greece.