July 20
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Events
- 1974: Turkey invades Cyprus.
- 1995: Turkish-Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash, threatens to declare union of the militarily-occupied northern part of Cyprus with Turkey, should the Republic of Cyprus join the European Union.
Births
- 1890: King George II
- 1914: Charilaos Florakis, politician
- 1931: Stylianos Lenas, EOKA fighter
- 1934: Aliki Vougiouklaki, actress
Deaths
- 1908: Dimitrios Vikelas, author, first President of the International Olympic Committee.
- 1928: Kostas Karyotakis, poet - a suicide
- 1970: Panagiotis Pipinelis, politician, Prime Minister
- 2002: Michalis Kritikopoulos, footballer
Namesday
- Prophet Elijah - Nameday for Elias/Ilias, Iliana.