April 3

Events

• 956: Polyeuctus is ordained Patriarch of Constantinople.
• 1821: Spetses joins the Greek War of Independence.
• 1883: A powerful earthquake (6.8 on the Richter scale) strikes Chios. 3,600 persons are killed.
• 1949: Israel and Jordan agree to a cessation of hostilities on the island of Rhodes.
• 1949: Mitsos Partsalidis replaces Nikolaos Zachariadis as head of the "Provisional Democratic Government".
• 1997: The Greek Consulate in Argyrokastro is attacked by armed men.

Sports

• 1993: Panathinaikos defeat Ajax 1-0 in Amsterdam in the first leg of the Champions' League semi-finals.
• 1997: Aris defeat Tofas Bursa 88-70 to lift the Corac Cup.

Births

• 1770: Theodoros Kolokotronis, general during the Greek Revolution
• 1912: Grigoris Lambrakis, politician
• 1926: Alex Grammas, Greek-American baseball player and coach
• 1990: Sotiris Ninis, footballer

Deaths

• 1939: Spyros Mercouris, mayor of Athens and grandfather of Melina Mercouri.
• 1962: Manolis Kalomiris, music composer
• 1996: Georgios Charidimos, Shadow theatre (Karagiozis) artist.