June 30
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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).
- 1955: EOKA fighter, Markos Drakos, is arrested by the British. He will escape three months later.
- 1984: Thessaloniki is twinned with Lemesos, Cyprus.
Deaths
- 1996: Lakis Petropoulos, football player and coach.