- 1930: Panathinaikos thrashed Olympiakos 8-2 in their greatest triumph ever over their "eternal enemies".
- 1941: The Battle of Crete ended in Allied defeat.
- 1973: The Junta declared the Greek Monarchy abolished.
- 1991: George Koskotas arrived in Athens after his extradition from the US. He was promptly jailed by Greek authorities.
- Births: King Otto of Greece (1815), Georgios Lilikas, Foreign Minister of Cyprus (1960).
- Deaths: Christakis, Laika singer (1981), Petros Anagnostakis, Laika singer (1995), George Livanos, shipowner (1997).
- 1821: Ayvali was destroyed by Turkish troops.
- 1938: The RHS Vasilissa Olga was launched.
- 1970: 43-year-old Ferenc Puskas, the Galloping Major, became Panathianikos' coach.
- 1971: Panathinaikos played Ajax Amsterdam in the 1971 European Cup Final. Ajax won 2-0.
- 1985: Andreas Papandreou was re-elected PM of Greece.
- Births: Former King Constantine II of Greece (1940)
- 1908: Work started on the Cathedral of St Andrew in Patra.
- 1927: The Greek Parliament approved a new constitution for Greece.
- 1941: German occupation troops entered and destroyed the village of Kandanos, Crete.
- Deaths: Anthony Quinn, actor Zorba the Greek (2001), Nestor Errea, footballer (2005)
- 1878: Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire ceded Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retained nominal title.
- 1959: Greece rejected a Soviet note urging that no missile bases be established on Greek soil.
- 1977: Greece released five British plane-spotters, imprisoned for spying, after 10 weeks in jail. (BBC)
- 1993: FYROM rejected Slobodan Milosevic's initiative to settle their dispute with Greece by being known as "Slavic Macedonia"
- Births: Socrates, ancient philosopher (470 BC); Karolos Papoulias, President of the Hellenic Republic (1929); Giourkas Seitaridis, football player (1981)
- Deaths: Dinos Eliopoulos, actor (2001); Sotiris Moustakas, actor (2007)
- 1825: Odysseus Androutsos was executed by commander Yiannis Gouras on suspicion of collaborating with the enemy.
- 1907: Kapetan Agras was killed during the Macedonian Struggle.
- 1947: The Marshall Plan was announced to help Greece - as well as Turkey - in the struggle against Communism.
- 1972: Greece established full diplomatic relations with P.R. China.
- Births: Georgios Grivas, military figure and commander of EOKA (1897).
- Deaths: Konstantinos Gerakis, adventurer (1688), Odysseus Androutsos, Greek revolutionary (1825).
- 1822: Konstantinos Kanaris destroyed the flag ship of the Turkish navy off the coast of Chios.
- 1930: Jim Londos defeated Dick Shikat to win the NBA world championship of wrestling.
- 1933: PM Eleftherios Venizelos became the target of an assassination attempt for the second time in his life.
- 1969: Alekos Panagoulis escaped from Bogiati prison.
- Births: Andreas Mikroutsikos, singer/songwriter (1952)
- Deaths: Pantelis Pouliopoulos, Greek communist leader (1943); Christos Mantikas, athlete (1960)
- 1824: The destruction of Kassos took place during the Greek War of Independence.
- 1834: Theodoros Kolokotronis, was sentenced to death.
- 1958: Turkish-Cypriot extremists burned down the club offices of Olympiakos Lefkosia FC.
- 1989: Opposition leader, Constantine Mitsotakis, demanded the deportation of the Turkish Consul to Komotini for direct involvement in the last Greek elections.
- Deaths: Athanasios Miaoulis, Prime Minister (1867), Malvina Karali, reporter and playwriter (2002).
- 1057: Nobles in Constantinople revolted against Michael VI and proclaimed Isaac I Komnenos Byzantine emperor.
- 1930: A Breguet Bre 19, appropriately adapted and named "Hellas", with pilot 1st lieutenant Evangelos Papadakis and observer Colonel Christos Adamides on board, took off from Tatoi and flew around the Mediterranean sea in 20 days covering a distance of 12,000 Km.
- 1933: Eleftherios Venizelos accused the government and especially Interior Minister, Ioannis Rallis, as responsible for the assassination attempt against his life.
- 1952: 400 Greek troops departed for Korea.
- Births: Maria Menounos Greek-American actress and TV presenter (1978)
- Deaths: Markos Avgeris (1973)
- 1935: Panagis Tsaldaris won the Greek national elections which were boycotted by all parties loyal to Eleftherios Venizelos.
- 1979: Panionios upset AEK 3-1 and won the Greek Football Cup for the first time in their history.
- 1980: Archbishop Iakovos received the Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest honour that the US bestowes on a civilian.
- 1991: Fifty refugees from Northern Epirus were baptised in the Sakouleva River, Florina.
- Births: Niki Bakogianni, female athlete (1968).
- 1877: The Hellenic Red Cross was established through the initiative of Queen Olga.
- 1944: German occupation troops executed 218 Greeks in Distomo, Boeotia prefecture.
- 1949: 1,000 Greek communists, who signed a declaration of repentance, were freed from the various concentration camps in Greece.
- 1996: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I was named an honourary member of the Athens Academy.
- 1917: King Constantine I left Greece, exiled by his political opponents.
- 1975: The Constitution of Greece was ratified.
- 1980: Greece participated for the first time in the final phase of a major football tournament. They lost 1-0 to Holland in their opening match of Euro 1980.
- Births: Frangiskos Alvertis, basketball player (1974).
- Deaths: Alexander the Great in Babylon (323 BC); Rita Abatzi, rebetiko singer (1969); Xenophon Zolotas (2004), economist, Prime Minister of Greece.
- 1919: The Greek Army occupied Pergamos.
- 1953: Greek workers ended their 8-day general strike after the government promised salary increases ranging from 7% - 12%.
- 1975: Greece formally requested to become a member of the EEC
- 2003: Future PM Kostas Karamanlis and his wife Natassa became proud parents of twin babies.
- 2004: The Greek National Football Team spoiled their hosts' party at Euro 2004 by beating Portugal 2-1 (Karagounis, Basinas (pen)).
- Births: Dinos Eliopoulos, actor (1915)
Recent days: June 11 - June 10
- 1798: Rigas Feraios was strangled to death.
- 1825: A Greek force under Dimitrios Ypsilantis and Ioannis Makriyiannis repelled the army of Ibrahim Pasha at Myloi, Argolis.
- 1835: King Otto started to rule in fact, as well as in name, as the rule of his three Bavarian advisers came to an end.
- 1905: PM Theodoros Deligiannis was assassinated by a gambler in revenge for the measures he enacted against gambling establishments.
- 2011: Greece becomes the country with the lowest credit rating in the world after S&P downgrades to CCC.
- Births: Phaedon Gizikis, Junta-appointed President of Greece (1917), Vasilis Karapialis, footballer (1965)
- Deaths: Rigas Feraios, poet (1798), Theodoros Deligiannis, politician (1905).
Recent days: June 12 - June 11
- 1821: The Greek War of Independence broke out in Crete with an attack against Turkish positions near Loulo, Chania.
- 1873: Heinrich Schliemann discovered gold artifacts in the ancient site of Troy.
- 1942: 50 Greeks were executed by German occupation troops in Heraklion, Crete.
- 1964: General Georgios Grivas returned to Cyprus during the 1963-1964 crisis.
- 1985: A TWA Boeing 727 was hijacked by Shiite extremists as it left Ellinikon International Airport. Among the hostages was singer Demis Roussos.
- 1987: Greece defeated the USSR 103-101 to win the Eurobasket 1987. Nikos Galis led the team in scoring with 40 points.
- Births: Queen Sophie of Greece (1870), Toni Savevski, football player and coach (1963).
- Deaths: Nikiforos Lytras, painter (1904).
Recent days: June 13 - June 12
- 1836: By Royal order, the Greek Royal Mint was established.
- 1878: British troops occupied the island of Cyprus.
- 1900: Stadiou, Ermoi Aeolou and Philellinon streets in Athens were gaslit.
- 1943: 19 Greeks were executed by German occupation troops in retaliation for the blowing up of an Italian ship in Piraeus harbour.
- 1995: Two earthquakes hit Aigio causing 25 deaths.
- Births: Peter Clentzos (1909), athlete ; Michalis Genitsaris (1917), rebetiko singer;Demis Roussos (1946), singer; Yiannis Pathiakakis (1953), football player
- Deaths: Andronicus III Paleaologus (1341), Byzantine Emperor; John VI Cantacuzenus (1383), Byzantine Emperor; Manos Hadjidakis (1994), composer
Recent days: June 14 - June 13
- 1913: The Second Balkan War broke out as Bulgaria attacked Serbia and Greece - her allies in the First Balkan War.
- 1945: Aris Velouchiotis blew himself up with a hand grenade to avoid arrest. The former EAM leader had been denounced by the Greek Communist Party and was wanted by both royalists and communists.
- 1955: Stylianos Lenas and Markos Drakos unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Cyprus governor Robert Armitage.
- 1963: King Paul of Greece appointed Panagiotis Pipinelis as Prime Minster following Constantine Karamanlis' resignation.
- Births: Giorgos Papandreou (1952), PASOK leader; Nikos Machlas (1973), football player, Europe's top scorer in 1997-98 season.
- Deaths: Aris Velouchiotis, communist resistance leader
Recent days: June 15 - June 14
- 1771: Cretan revolutionary Daskaloyiannis was skinned alive by the Turks in Heraklio.
- 1946: The Greek Parliament controversially voted into law the Emergency Measures Act which allowed the death penalty for those that "worked against public order and the territorial integrity of the state"
- 1964: Fans vandalized and burned Leoforos Alexandras Stadium after a very suspicious 1-1 Greek Cup semifinal draw between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos.
- 2003: AEK's forward Demis Nikolaidis married singer Despina Vandi.
- Births: Nikos Stavropoulos, basketball player (1959), Marcos Baghdatis (1985), Cypriot tennis player.
- Deaths: Daskaloyiannis, Cretan revolutionary (1771)
Recent days: June 16 - June 15
- 1863: The "June Events" took place in Athens between opposing political factions ("Mountain Men" and "Plains Men"). 200 died as a result of these clashes.
- 1953: Greek forces repelled Chinese attacks on Hill 440 during the Korean War.
- 1971: Junta strongman George Papadopoulos threatened Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios III with "bitter measures" should he refuse proposals related to the Turkish Cypriot minority.
- 2007: Nikos Galis was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
- Deaths: Leo III, the Isaurian (741), Byzantine Emperor; Queen Olga (1926); Alketas Panagoulias, soccer coach (2012)
Recent days: June 17 - June 16
- 1821: The Battle of Dragasani took place.
- 1913: During the Second Balkan War, the Greek army engaged the Bulgarians and the Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas commenced.
- 1957: Makarios III presented to the world a list of well-documented, specific cases of torture that have taken place in Cyprus during Sir John Harding's administration.
- Births: Antonis Remos, singer (1970)
- Deaths: Evangelos Zappas (1865), national benefactor; Angelos Sikelianos (1951), poet
Recent days: June 18 - June 17
- 1964: Corinna Tsopei was crowned Miss Universe.
- 1978: A powerful earthquake (6.5 on Richter scale) rocked Thessaloniki; 35 people were killed in the collapse of a building on Nicephorus Phocas Street.
- 2004: Greece qualified for the knockout stages of Euro 2004 despite losing 2-1 to Russia.
- 2009: The Acropolis Museum was opened to the public.
- Births: Olympia Dukakis (1931), Greek-American actress; Vassilis Papakonstantinou (1949), singer
- Deaths: Emmanuel Benakis, industrialist, politician, national benefactor (1929)
Recent days: June 19 - June 18
- 1818: Grigoris Papaflessas was initiated into the Filiki Eteria.
- 1824: During the Greek War of Independence, the Egyptians captured and destroyed the island of Psara.
- 1913: During the Second Balkan War, the Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas ended in victory for the Greek army.
- Births: Maro Kontou, actress (1937), Corinna Tsopei, Miss Universe of 1964 (1944), Kostas Katsouranis (1979), footballer.
- Deaths: Al Campanis (1998), Greek-American baseball player and coach.
Recent days: June 20 - June 19
- 168 BC: The Romans defeated Perseus of Macedon at the Battle of Pydna.
- 1826: Ibrahim Pasha invaded Mani but was repelled with heavy casualties.
- 1892: Charilaos Trikoupis formed a government which was still in power when Greece declared bankruptcy.
- 1920: Beginning of the Greek offensive in Anatolia.
- Births: Sofoklis Schortsianitis, basketball player (1985).
Recent days: June 21 - June 20
- 1821: The Turks executed Archbishop Gerasimos of Crete in retaliation for the breakout of the Greek War of Independence on the island.
- 1922: Alexandros Papanastasiou was sentenced to three years imprisonment for publishing his "Democratic Manifesto". His defence lawyer was George Papandreou.
- Births: Spiros Zagoreos (1928), singer; Costas Simitis (1936), politician and Prime Minister
- Deaths: Andreas Papandreou (1996), politician
Recent days: June 22 - June 21
- 1920: The Greeks defeated Turkish forces at Alashehir during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
- 1925: Officers loyal to Theodoros Pangalos staged a coup. For the next two years, Pangalos ruled Greece by decree.
- 1949: Prime Minister Themistoklis Sofoulis died in office. He was succeeded by Alexandros Diomedes.
- Births: Nora Valsami (1945), actress
- Deaths: Andreas Miaoulis (1835), Greek revolutionary; Themistoklis Sofoulis (1949), archaeologist, politician and Prime Minister
Recent days: June 23 - June 22
- 1893: The Corinthian Canal was inaugurated.
- 1912: Konstantinos Tsiklitiras won gold, in the standing broad jump, in the 1912 Olympiad.
- 2004: The Greek National Football Team advanced to the Euro 2004 semi final game after beating France 1-0.
- Births: George Michael (1963), Greek-British singer
Recent days: June 24 - June 23
- 363: Emperor Julian the Apostate was slain during the battle of Ctesiphon. His last words allegedly were: "Thou hast defeated me, Nazarene!"
- 1768: Nearly 500 Greeks arrived in Florida to colonise New Smyrna.
- 1989:Greece lost the final of Eurobasket 1989 to Yugoslavia 98-77 in Zagreb.
Recent days: June 25 - June 24
- 1637: Ecumenical Patriarch Cyril Lucaris was executed by the Ottoman authorities.
- 1913: Greek forces liberated Kavala during the Second Balkan War.
- 2001: The record-breaking 4 billion drachma transfer of Michalis Konstantinou from Iraklis to Panathinaikos was finalised.
- Births: Yiannis Poulopoulos (1942), singer, Vasilis Papageorgopoulos, athlete, mayor of Thessaloniki (1947)
- Deaths: George Papadopoulos (1999), Junta strongman
Recent days: June 26 - June 25
- 1913: Greek forces liberated Serres during the Second Balkan War.
- 1970: Aris won the Greek Football Cup for the only time in their history by defeating PAOK 1-0.
- 1988: US Military Attache, Wiliam Nordeen, was assassinated by a booby-trapped car in Kifissia. The Revolutionary Organisation 17 November claimed responsibility.
- Deaths: Theodora (548), Byzantine empress, wife of Justinian I; Archbishop Makarios II of Cyprus(1950); Lambros Konstantaras (1985), actor
Recent days: June 27 - June 26
- 1875: Charilaos Trikoupis published his famous article "Who is to blame?" ("Tis ptaiei?") in Athens daily "Times" ("Kairoi") concerning the decadence of the government. The public outcry that followed brought down the Dimitrios Voulgaris government.
- 1917: Greece entered World War I.
- 1917: Eleftherios Venizelos declared King Constantine's abolition of the 1915 Parliament unconstitutional. He controversially brought back the 1915 Parliament which went down in history as "The Parliament of the Lazaroi".
- 2002: A bomb that detonated in the hands of Savvas Xeros started a chain reaction of arrests of Novermber 17th members.
- Births: Michalis Menidiatis, laika singer (1932)
Recent days: June 28 - June 27
- 1913: The first massacre at Doxato took place during the Second Balkan War, as Bulgarian troops killed 650 inhabitants before burning it to the ground.
- 1930: The Law School of the University of Thessaloniki was established.
- 1972: The Military Government of Greece passed a "quickie divorce" law.
- Deaths: Lakis Petropoulos (1996), football player and coach.