July 20

Events

• 1903: Bulgarian nationalists revolt in Macedonia. This revolt would go down in history as the "Elias Day" ("Ili Den") revolt as it took place on the feast day of the Prophet Elias.
• 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
• 1989: Yiannis Tsarouchis, painter
• 2002: Michalis Kritikopoulos, footballer

Namesday

• Prophet Elijah - Nameday for Elias/Ilias, Iliana.