May 20

Events

• 325: The First Council of Nicaea commences.
• 1825: The Battle of Maniaki takes place, Grigoris Papaflessas is killed
• 1941: The Battle of Crete begins.
• 2006: Sakis Rouvas and Maria Menounos host the only Eurovision contest to be held in Athens which Finnish group "Lordi" win.
• 2008: Greece recalled all sunflower oil imported since January after a Ukrainian batch was found to be tainted with mineral oil.

Sports

• 1962: AEK score one of the greatest away wins in Alpha Ethniki history as they demolish Panelefsiniakos 8-3. Kostas Nestoridis scores four of the goals, Andreas Stamatiadis two with Aris Tsachouridis and Dimitris Zagylos contributing the other two.

Births

• 1768: Andreas Miaoulis, Greek admiral during the War of Independence
• 1931: George Vasiliou, Cypriot politician and President.
• 1935: Marinella, popular Greek singer
• 1967: Former Crown Prince Pavlos
• 1982: Michalis Stamatoyiannis, shot put athlete

Deaths

• 1825: Grigoris Papaflessas, Greek revolutionary
• 1875: Queen Amalia
• 1947: Giorgos Siantos, Communist leader
• 1949: Archbishop Damaskinos