Difference between revisions of "June 4"

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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.

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.

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 *[[1991]]: FIBA celebrated the basketball jubilee by organizing an international tournament at [[Piraeus|Piraeus']] [[Peace and Friendship Stadium]]. Italy ranked first and Greece second.
+*[[1996]]: [[Dusan Bajevic]] leaves [[AEK FC|AEK]] to coach [[Olympiakos FC|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.