September 20

Events

• 325 BC: Alexander's fleet, consisting of 150 ships under the command of Admiral Nearchus from Crete, set sail from the port of Matala, in the mouth of the Indus river, to return to Persia. It reached Harmozeia (present day Hormuz Straits) at the end of December, after encountering heavy seas and experiencing many adversities.
• 1878: Gregorios Maraslis is elected mayor of Odessa, Russia.
• 1897: A Peace treaty is signed ending the Greco-Turkish War (1897)
• 1923: Patriarch Meletius IV resigns the Ecumenical throne amid growing political pressure.
• 1942: Resistance members belonging to PEAN blow up the offices of the "National Socialist Patriotic Organisation" killing 43 Germans and 23 Greek collaborators.

Sports

• 1934: Jim Londos defeats his longtime nemesis, Ed “Strangler” Lewis, in a famous showdown before over 35,000 fans at Chicago’s Wrigley Field.
• 1981: Dimitris Michas breaks the Greek record in the triple jump with 17.04m. His record will stand for 17 years.

Births

• 1924: Jeno Csaknady, football coach (AEK, PAOK)

Deaths

• 1949: Nikos Skalkotas, composer
• 1971: Giorgos Seferis, poet
• 1992: Alexandros Kotzias, writer