Phantis:Selected anniversaries/August 13
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- 1968: Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate Dictator George Papadopoulos. The attempt fails.
- 2004: The opening Ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games takes place. Weightlifter Pyrros Dimas is the flag bearer for Greece.
- Births: Archbishop Makarios III (1913), first President of Cyprus; Kostas Hatzis (1936), Greek Roma singer
- Deaths: Giorgos Zografos (2005), singer and actor