December 20

Events

Hellenic Air Force C-130 Hercules patch.

1821: During the Greek Revolution, the First National Council meets at Epidaurus
1950: Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Central Committee of KKE, is arrested as he returns to Greece to help organize the party's structure.
1972: Charilaos Florakis is elected Chairman of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), replacing Konstantinos Koligiannis that had resigned for health reasons.
1997: A Hellenic Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane crashed while taking part in a search for a missing Ukrainian airliner that crashed three days earlier. All five crew members of the C-130 died.