1974: US Ambassador, Rodger Davies, and his Cypriot secretary, Antoinette Varnava, are killed in Lefkosia during anti-US riots in the aftermath of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
2023: A massive fire breaks out near the city of Alexandroupolis, Thrace. Eventually, it will burn 93,000 hectares of land, making it the largest blaze to hit an EU country since records began. Twenty people will lose their lives.