May 4

Events

• 2001: Pope John Paul II visits Greece. The visit is the first by a Pope to Greece since the Great Schism.

Sports

• 1971: Giorgos Kolokithas says “goodbye” to the national basketball team by scoring 35 points in the win (111-72) against Scotland for the semi final phase of the World Championships in Les Mans. Within a decade (1962-1971), he scored 1807 points in 90 games.

Deaths

• 2006: Alexis Damianos, director