April 7
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Sports
- 1896: Leonidas Pyrgos becomes the first Greek to win an Olympic Gold Medal.
- 1929: The National Football Team of Greece play their first international game against Italy's B' Team. They lose 1-4.
- 1999: AEK play against Partizan Belgrade, despite the NATO bombardments, to show solidarity with the Serbian people.
Deaths
- 1614: El Greco, painter
- 1992: Antonis Tritsis, former Mayor of Athens.
- 2004: Konstantinos Kallias, politician
- 2005: Grigoris Bithikotsis, singer