June 12

Events

1919: The Greek Army occupies Pergamos.
1953: Greek workers end their 8-day general strike after the government promises salary increases ranging from 7% - 12%.
1958: Eight innocent, unarmed Greek Cypriot civilians, from Kondemenos village, are murdered by TMT terrorists near the village of Geunyeli.
1975: Greece formally requests to become a member of the EEC
2003: Future PM Kostas Karamanlis and his wife Natassa become proud parents of twin babies.
2004: The Greek National Football Team spoil hosts' party at Euro 2004 by beating Portugal 2-1. Scorers for the Greek team are Giorgos Karagounis and Angelos Basinas (pen).

1937: Christos Mantikas breaks the Greek record for the 110m hurdles: 14.8
1938: Panathinaikos go ahead of Olympiakos 4-0 by the 59th minute of play but Yiannis Vazos proceeds to score 4 goals in the remaining 31 minutes to equalise.
1972: Bobby Moore dons Olympiakos' jersey in the Piraeus team's friendly against Brazilian side Corinthians. The England captain played the full 90 minutes.
1987: Greece defeat Yugoslavia 81-77 in their semifinal game of Eurobasket 1987.