September 4

Events

• 1958: Greek Police announce that any and all "teddy boys" would be given a clean cut.
• 1978: George Rallis is the first Greek Foreign Minister to be officially invited to the Soviet Union

Sports

• 1938: Ioannis Palamiotis breaks the Greek record for the triple jump with 14.70m and takes 4th place in the European Games of Paris.
• 2012: Greece wins gold at the London Paralympics, in mixed-pairs boccia, after defeating Portugal 4-1 in the final.

Births

• 1896: Aspasia Manou, wife of King Alexander.
• 1942: Dimitris Tsovolas, politician.
• 1975: Nikos Lyberopoulos, footballer.

Deaths

• 1977: Stellakis Perpiniadis singer of Rebetiko music.
• 1984: Georgios Sikeliotis, painter