| 13/7/2023 | Dauren Kurugliev wins the silver medal in the 86kg category of freestyle wrestling in the World Series Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial of the World Federation held in Hungary |
| 13/7/2021 | Stella Smaragdi breaks the World Record in Triple Jump F47 with 10.03 meters in her first attempt during the National Athletics Championships held in Thessaloniki. Thanasis Konstantinidis breaks the European record in the shot put 32 competition with 9.95 meters |
| 13/7/2017 | Following Isidoros Kouvelos’ appeal, the State Council considers the elections of 6.2.2017 held at the Hellenic Olympic Committee electing Spyros Capralos as the new presiding chairman, unlawful and cancels them. |
| 13/7/2014 | Mario Gotze scores the winning goal at the 112th minute of extra time and Germany defeats Argentina 1-0 in the final winning the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The 171 goals match the all-time record scored in a tournament, equaling the total from the 1998 Cup in France. |
| 13/7/2010 | 68-year-old former president of the political party “Synaspismos”, Nikos Konstantopoulos, is elected Panathinaikos president, succeeding Johnny Vekris, who had succeeded Nikolaos Pateras. He will remain in this position until 8/9/2010 when he will be replaced by Nikolaos Pateras. |
| 13/7/2007 | Iraklis fans welcome the new major shareholder of the team, singer Antonis Remos, who committed to pay for all the team’s debts |
| 13/7/2004 | Bobby Fisher, former world chess champion, is arrested at Tokyo airport, while trying to escape to Philippines as an FBI fugitive since 1992. In a recent radio interview, referring to September 11, he declared that Americans should be exterminated |
| 13/7/1999 | Olympiacos signs Slovenian Zlatko Zahovic for 5 billion drachmas - the most expensive transfer so far in Greek football history |
| 13/7/1999 | The World Women's Raceboard Championship closes in Ostend, Belgium. Greek champion Angeliki Skarlatou ranks first after 9 races |
| 13/7/1998 | One day after the French national team won the World Cup, “Le Equipe”, the nationwide daily newspaper sells 1,645,907 copies, recording the biggest selling issue in its history. Two years later, on July 3rd, 2000, after France winning the European Football Championship, the paper will have its second best with 1,255,633 copies. |
| 13/7/1988 | Hungarian Lajos Detari, one of the leading European footballers comes to Athens to sign a contract with Olympiacos. Piraeus Mayor, Andreas Andrianopoulos and Olympiacos President, Giorgos Koskotas, welcome him at the Town Hall. Lola Daifa has organized the event, covering the building with a big flag of the team, which is going to be cut to pieces and distributed to the 30,000 attendants. |
| 13/7/1985 | Arthur Ashe becomes the first black tennis player to be elected in the International Tennis Hall of Fame |
| 13/7/1985 | Soviet pole vaulter Sergei Bubka breaks the 6m barrier in Paris. On July 31, 1994 at Siestre, Italy he will smash his record for the 17th time (6.14m) |
| 13/7/1973 | British runner David Bedford sets new 10.000m world record in London with 27.31 |
| 13/7/1973 | Ajax Amsterdam face Aias Salamina in a friendly match arranged by Olympiacos' president Nikos Goulandris, the ministry of sports and the community of Salamina |
| 13/7/1972 | Aristidis Moumoglou of Iraklis Salonica scores 145 points against VAO (170-94), an all-time record in greek basketball history. Panagiotis Giannakis of Ionikos has the second best scoring record (72 points, Ionikos-Aris 113-114) and Tsantalis of Panellinios the third (71). Nikos Galis is fourth (63 points, Ionikos - Aris 113-114) |
| 13/7/1967 | British cyclist Tommy Simpson dies of exhaustion due to the heat on the slopes of Mont Ventoux during the 13th stage of Tour de France. His last words were: ''put me back on my bicycle''. The post mortem will show that he had taken amphetamines and alcohol. |
| 13/7/1930 | First World Cup match held in Montevideo, Uruguay. France beat Mexico 4-1. Lucien Laurent scores the first goal in World Cup history |
| 13/7/1912 | After winning the gold medal in the standing long jump competition of the Stockholm Olympic Games on the 8/7/1912, Constantinos Tsiklitiras wins the bronze medal in the standing high jump (1.55), this time behind brothers Platt and Benjamin Adams |
