Phantis:Selected anniversaries/June 20
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- 1964: Corinna Tsopei was crowned Miss Universe.
- 1978: A powerful earthquake (6.5 on Richter scale) rocked Thessaloniki; 35 people were killed in the collapse of a building on Nicephorus Phocas Street.
- 2004: Greece qualified for the knockout stages of Euro 2004 despite losing 2-1 to Russia.
- 2009: The Acropolis Museum was opened to the public.
- Births: Olympia Dukakis (1931), Greek-American actress; Vassilis Papakonstantinou (1949), singer
- Deaths: Emmanuel Benakis, industrialist, politician, national benefactor (1929)