| 7/4/2025 | Greek forward Vangelis Pavlidis becomes the first Benfica player to net a hat-trick away to FC Porto – and the first anywhere for almost 40 years – as the Eagles ran out 4-1 winners at the Estadio do Dragao. His first goal, scored after just 40 seconds, is the quickest ever netted by the Eagles away to Porto. |
| 7/4/2024 | 19-year-old Alexandra Efremoglou wins the gold medal and first medal for Greece in women’s tumbling at the European Championships in Guimaraes, Portugal. She scored 26.200 points, edging out to a tie with Portugal’s Mariana Cascalieira, who won the silver medal. The bronze medal is awarded to Mael Dumitrou-Marin from France with 24,700 points. |
| 7/4/2024 | Novak Djokovic officially becomes the oldest man to hold the No. 1 ranking in the PIF ATP Rankings history, surpassing the previous record held by Roger Federer. Djokovic achieves this milestone at the age of 36 years and 321 days old, continuing a record-breaking career that includes spending more weeks at the top of the rankings than any other player. |
| 7/4/2020 | Radomir Antic, the only man to manage Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid,dies aged 71 having suffered from pancreatitis for several years. Antic managed Atletico on three separate occasions, winning the league and cup double in 1995-96, one of the most successful seasons in the club's history. He coached Real Madrid from March 1991 until January 1992 and took charge of Barcelona for a brief spell in 2003, as well as managing Real Zaragoza, Real Oviedo, Celta Vigo, and the Serbia national team at the 2010 World Cup. |
| 7/4/2011 | Rally driver, Giorgos Moshous, dies of cancer at the age of 67. He was one of the fastest drivers in the history of Greek Rally. He was the first Greek in the final classification of the Acropolis Rally in 1981, 1982, 1984, and 1985 driving a Nissan with co-driver Alexis Konstantakatos. When he was younger he raced with Alfa Romeo, with Aris Stathakis in 1975 (7th) and with Dimitris Arvanitakis in 1976 (4th). |
| 7/4/2010 | The greek women’s water polo team of Ethnikos O.F.P.F., is the winner of the Women LEN Trophy 2009/2010, defeating the russian team UGRA Khanty-Mansiys 17-13 in the final return match |
| 7/4/2001 | Olympiacos become the first Greek water polo team to qualify for Champions Cup final four (Dubrovnik) after beating Ferencvaros 9-7 in Budapest. On May 17, they defeat Posilipo 7-6 in overtime to play at the final against Yug Dubrovnik (7-8 in overtime) |
| 7/4/2000 | 31 year-old international Iranian striker of Herta Berlin Ali Daei is elected ''1999 Best Asian Player'' |
| 7/4/1999 | AEK play a friendly match against Partizan in Beograd in protest for NATO bombing |
| 7/4/1992 | Antonis Tritsis, mayor of Athens and former high jumper of Panathinaikos, dies |
| 7/4/1968 | Jim Clark, one of the best F1 pilots, is killed during the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim |
| 7/4/1963 | 23-year-old Jack Nicklaus becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters after defeating Tony Lema |
| 7/4/1955 | The lowest scoring play-off basketball game (after the introduction of 24-second shot clock). Fort Wayne beat Syracuse 74-71 |
| 7/4/1951 | First Masters Bowling Tournament, won by Ben Hogan |
| 7/4/1947 | Henry Ford dies at the age of 84. Founder of the Ford Motor Company in 1903, he was one of the first to apply assembly line manufacturing to the production in the USA and Europe. On 5 January 1914, he announced his “five-dollar day program”, but drove Quadricycle, his first car, for the first time on 4 June 1896 |
| 7/4/1943 | The NFL adopts the free substitution rule, obliges the players to wear helmets and elaborates a program of 10 games for every team |
| 7/4/1929 | The Hellenic Football Federation recognizes Greece-Italy B’ 1-4 as the first formal game of the national team. The match is played at the Alexandra stadium and among the spectators there is Enta, Mousolini’s daughter |
| 7/4/1914 | Al McKoy wins the world middleweight title after knocking down George Chip in 45'' in the shortest final ever recorded. In 1987 British Lloyd Honeygham will equal the record against Gene Hatcher |
| 7/4/1906 | The eruption of Vesuvius kills more than 100 people and devastates the city of Naples and surrounding communes ejecting the most lava ever recorded from a Vesuvian eruption. Italian authorities who were preparing to hold the 1908 Summer Olympics in Rome are forced to stop the preparations and use the money that was raised to reconstruct Naples. As a result, London is decided to hold the 1908 Olympics. |
| 7/4/1896 | Miltiadis Gouskos wins the silver medal in discus throw with 11.03, while Bob Garret (USA) is first with 11.22 during the Olympic Games in Athens |
| 7/4/1896 | Leonidas Pyrgos becomes the first Greek gold olympic medal winner in the history of modern Olympic Games after defeating Peronet from France in fencing at Zappeion. A few hours earlier, Miltiadis Gouskos won the silver medal in shot put with 11.03m. behind American Bob Garret (11.22) |
| 7/4/1864 | First Camel Race in Sacramento, California |
