Phantis:Selected anniversaries/December 20
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- 1821: During the Greek Revolution, the First National Council met at Epidaurus
- 1950: Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Central Committee of KKE, was arrested as he returned to Greece to help organize the party's structure.
- 1972: Charilaos Florakis was elected Chairman of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), replacing Konstantinos Koligiannis who 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.
- Births: Dimitrios Voulgaris, Greek politician and Prime Minister (1802), Anna Vissi, singer (1957)
- Deaths: Dimitris Rondiris, theatrical director (1981)
Recent days: December 19 - December 18