1324 Hugh IV of Cyprus is crowned King of Jerusalem in Famagusta, having previously been crowned King of Cyprus in Nicosia.
1864 The Holy Synod, convened by Archbishop Makarios I, adopts measures to protect church property, banning the sale or mortgaging of ecclesiastical assets without approval.
1907 Birth of Daphne du Maurier, British author.
1920 Birth of Vassos Lyssarides, founder of EDEK.
1983 The UN General Assembly adopts Resolution 37/253, calling for the immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces from the Republic of Cyprus.
1991 Death of writer Yiannis Papangelou.
2017 Cyprus finishes 21st at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, represented by Hovig with the song 'Gravity.'
2020 The Bicommual Choir for Peace in Cyprus receives the Hiroshima Peace and Culture Award in Stockholm.
