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July 20 is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) July 2007 is the seventh month of that year It began on a Sunday and 31 days later ended on a Tuesday. July 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October July 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 20, 2003 July 2003 - please do not remove or delink the the date header remove July 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 164 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold of the war. The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late 13th There have been at least eight sieges of Stirling Castle, a strategically important fortification in Stirling, Scotland. Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307 popularly known as Longshanks, was a King of England who achieved historical fame by conquering large parts of Wales and almost
• 1402 - Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara - Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeated forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I. The Battle of Ankara or Battle of Angora, fought on July 20 or July 28 1402 took place northeast of Ankara at the field of Çubuk Timur also written Emir Timur or Amir Temur ( Chagatai: تیمور - Tēmōr " Iron " (1336 – 19 February 1405 among The Timurids, self-designated Gurkānī ( were a Persianate Central Asian Sunni Muslim dynasty The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Bayezid I ( Ottoman: بايزيد الأول Turkish: Beyazıt, nicknamed Yıldırım (Ottoman ییلدیرم "the Thunderbolt"
• 1656 - Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeats the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Charles X Gustav (Karl X Gustav (8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660 was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, officially the Commonwealth of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania also known as the Most Serene Republic The Battle of Warsaw (Schlacht von Warschau Bitwa pod Warszawą Tredagarsslaget vid Warszawa was a Battle which took place near Warsaw on July 18
• 1712 - The Riot Act takes effect in Great Britain. Year 1712 ( MDCCXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap The Riot Act (1 Geo 1 c 5 of 1714 was an act introduced by the Parliament of Great Britain authorising local authorities to declare any group of See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands
• 1738 - North America: French explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan. Year 1738 ( MDCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Pierre Gaultier de Varennes sieur de La Vérendrye ( November 17, 1685 &ndash December 5, 1749) was a French Canadian military officer Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States.
• 1810 - Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Bogotá —officially named Bogotá DC (DC for " Distrito Capital " which means "Capital District" formerly called Santa Fe de Bogotá The Viceroyalty of New Granada (Virreinato de la Nueva Granada was the name given on May 27, 1717 to a Spanish colonial jurisdiction in northern South America Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek - Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Battle of Peachtree Creek was fought in Georgia on July 20 1864, as part of the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 John Bell Hood ( June 1 or June 29, 1831 &ndash August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three The Union Army was the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War.
• 1866 - Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa - The Austrian Navy , led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Austro-Prussian The Battle of Lissa took place on 20 July 1866 in the Adriatic Sea near the island of Vis ( Italian: Lissa and was The Austro-Hungarian Navy was the naval force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks of the highest Naval officers Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff ( December 23, 1827 &ndash April 7, 1871) was an Austrian Admiral. The Regia Marina ( Italian Royal Navy) dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification. Vis ( Greek: Issa) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, the furthest inhabited island
• 1871 - British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• 1877 - Rioting in Baltimore, Maryland by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers is put down by the state militia, resulting in nine deaths. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Riots are a form of Civil disorders characterized by disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of Violence, Vandalism or other The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ( B&O) was one of the Oldest railroads in the United States and the first Common carrier railroad The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary Citizens to provide defense emergency law enforcement or Paramilitary service
• 1881 - Indian Wars:Sioux Chief Sitting Bull leads the last of his fugitive people in surrender to US troops at Fort Buford, North Dakota
• 1885 - The Football Association legalises professionalism in football under pressure from the British Football Association. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sioux (pronounced SUE are a Native American and First Nations people A traditional tribal chief is the leader of a Tribe, or the head of a tribal form of self-government Sitting Bull ( Lakota: Tȟatȟaŋka Iyotȟaŋka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotank, also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow" Ca The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Fort Buford was a former United States Army base located at the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers in the state of North Dakota. North Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey This article is about people called professionals For the Movie, see The Professional or Leon. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The British Football Association was a short lived ruling body for the game of football.
• 1894 - The troops sent by Grover Cleveland to Chicago to end the Pullman Strike are recalled. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18 1837 June 24 1908 was both the twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The
• 1898 - Spanish-American War: A boiler exploded on the USS Iowa (BB-4) off the coast of Santiago de Cuba. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A boiler is a closed vessel in which Water or other Fluid is heated An explosion is a sudden increase in Volume and release of Energy in an extreme manner usually with the generation of high Temperatures and the release See also List of battleships of the United States Navy List of ship launches in 1896 List of ship commissionings Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island nation of Cuba
• 1903 - Ford Motor Company shipped its first car. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following
• 1907 - A train wreck on the Pere Marquette Railroad near Salem, Michigan kills thirty and injures seventy more. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A train wreck most often occurs as a result of an accident such as when a Train wheel jumps off a track in a Derailment, or miscommunication as when a The Pere Marquette Railway was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Salem Township is a general law township of Washtenaw County in the U
• 1916 - World War I: In Armenia, Russian troops capture Gumiskhanek. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani
• 1917 - World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Corfu Declaration is the agreement that made the creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia possible World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croato-Slovene ie Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene: Kraljevina Jugoslavija
• 1918 - World War I: German troops cross the Marne. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department
• 1921 - Air mail service begins between New York City and San Francisco. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Airmail (or air mail) is Mail that is transported by Aircraft. The City of New York The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city
• 1921 - Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson became the first woman to preside over the US House of Representatives. Alice Mary Robertson (January 2 1854 &ndash July 1 1931 was an American Educator, Social worker, government official and Politician The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate.
• 1922 - The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 Togoland was a German Protectorate in West Africa from 1884 to 1914 This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Tanganyika is the name of an East African territory lying between the largest of the African great lakes Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1924 - Teheran, Persia comes under martial law after the American vice consul, Robert Imbrie, is killed by a religious mob enraged by rumors he had poisoned a fountain and killed several people. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tehran (or Teheran) ( Persian: تهران Tehrān) is the capital and largest City of Iran, and the administrative center of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect when the military takes control of the normal administration of justice Consul (abbrev cos; Latin plural consules) was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire
• 1926 - A convention of the Methodist Church votes to allow women to become priests. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations
• 1928 - The government of Hungary issues a decree ordering Gypsies to end their nomadic ways, settle permanently in one place, and subject themselves to the same laws and taxes as other Hungarians. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins
• 1929 - Soviet troops attempt to cross the Amur River into Manchuria near Blagoveschensk as tensions mount between the Soviet Union and the Republic of China. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Manchuria ( Romanized Manchu: Manju,, Маньчжурия Mongolian: Манж is a historical name given to a vast geographic region in northeast Blagoveshchensk (Благове́щенск is a city in Russia, the administrative center of Amur Oblast, located 7985 km east of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES
• 1932 - In Washington, D.C., police fire tear gas on World War I veterans part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force who attempt to march to the White House. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D A lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from lacrima meaning "a tear " in Latin) (commonly referred to as tear gas) is a World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The self-named Bonus Expeditionary Force was an assemblage of some 43000 marchers — 17000 World War I veterans their families and affiliated groups who protested See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence
• 1932 - Crowds in the capitals of Bolivia and Paraguay demand their governments declare war on the other after fighting on their border. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only
• 1933 - Vice-Chancellor of Germany Franz von Papen and Vatican Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli sign a concordat on behalf of their respective nations. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Vice-Chancellor of Germany ( Vizekanzler) in Germany is the second highest position in the cabinet at least according to the protocol (29 October 1879 2 May 1969 was a German nobleman Catholic monarchist Politician, General Staff officer and Diplomat The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope Pope A concordat usually refers to an agreement between the Apostolic See and a Government of a certain country on religious matters although it is also used
• 1933 - In London, 500,000 march against anti-Semitism. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility
• 1933 - Germany: Two-hundred Jewish merchants are arrested in Nuremberg and paraded through the streets. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************
• 1934 - Labor unrest in the US, as police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, wounding fifty; Seattle police led by the mayor police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen, and the governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A truck driver (Commonly called a trucker, driver or Teamster in the United States and Canada, a truckie or A lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from lacrima meaning "a tear " in Latin) (commonly referred to as tear gas) is a The Governor of Oregon is the top executive of the government of the U Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers
• 1935 - Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ( Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English translation Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy.
• 1936 - The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits was a 1936 agreement that gives Turkey control over the Bosporus Straits and the Montreux is a municipality in the district of Vevey in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches See also [[Hellespont]] The Dardanelles ( Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı Greek: Δαρδανέλλια Dardanellia) formerly The Bosporus or Bosphorus, also known as the Istanbul Strait, (İstanbul Boğazı (Βόσπορος is a Strait that forms the boundary between the
• 1937 - Two black men accused of stabbing a policeman are taken by a mob from the county jail in Tallahassee, Florida and lynched. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lynching is an Extrajudicial punishment meted out by a mob Lynching an enumerated Felony in some states in the United States, is defined by some
• 1938 - The Justice Department files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of anti-trust law. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department The City of New York The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1940 - Denmark leaves the League of Nations. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920
• 1940 - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Hatch Act of 1939, limiting political activity by Federal government employees. The Hatch Act of 1939 is a United States federal Law whose main provision is to prohibit federal employees ( Civil servants) from engaging in partisan political
• 1941 - Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrenti Beria its chief. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party The NKVD ( НКВД, ru Народный Комиссариат Внутренних Дел ''Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del'') or People's Commissariat Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (ლავრენტი პავლეს ძე ბერია Lavrenti Pavles dze Beria; Russian: Лаврентий Павлович
• 1942 - World War II: Red Army troops take bridgeheads over the Don River near Voronezh. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya A bridgehead (also 'Bridge-head' French tête-de-pont) is a military Fortification that protects the end of a Bridge that is closest to the The Don (Дон is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 Kilometres southeast from Tula, southeast Voronezh (Воро́неж) is a large city in southwestern Russia not far from Ukraine.
• 1942 - World War II: The first unit of the Women's Army Corps begins training in Des Moines, Iowa.
• 1943 - World War II: American and Canadian troops conquer Enna on Sicily. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Enna is also a genus of spiders ( Trechaleidae) Enna ( Sicilian: Castrugiuvanni; Greek Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy.
• 1944 - World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt (known as the July 20 Plot) led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg ( 15 November 1907 &ndash 21 July 1944) was a German army officer
• 1944 - World War II: American troops land on Guam near Port Apra. Guam ( Chamorro: cha Guåhån) officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated Apra Harbor is a Deep-water port on the western side of Guam in the Mariana Islands.
• 1944 - Fifty are hurt in rioting in front of the presidential palace in Mexico City. Los Pinos is both Mexico 's official presidential residence and offices the home &ndash for a six-year period &ndash of the President of Mexico. Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico
• 1945 - The US Congress approves the Bretton Woods Agreement. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The Bretton Woods system of monetary management established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world's major industrial states
• 1946 - World War II: The US Congress's Pearl Harbor Committee says Franklin D. Roosevelt was completely blameless for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and calls for a unified command structure in the armed forces. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The attack on Pearl Harbor (or Hawaii Operation, as it was called by the Imperial General Headquarters) was a surprise Military strike conducted by
• 1947 - Police in Burma arrest former Prime Minister U Saw and 19 others on charges of assassinating Prime Minister U Aung San and seven members of his cabinet. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. U Saw aka Galon U Saw (1900&ndash1948 was a leading Burmese Politician and Prime Minister during the colonial era before the Second World General Aung San (Bogyoke Aung San ( bòʊdʒoʊʔ àʊn sʰán February 13 1915 – July 19 1947) was a Burmese revolutionary
• 1947 - The Viceroy of India says the people of the Northwest Frontier Province overwhelmingly voted the previous day to join Pakistan rather than India. The Governor-General of India (or from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India) was the head of the British administration in India, and The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP ( Urdu: śimāl maġribī sarhadī sūba) is the smallest of the four main provinces of Pakistan. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
• 1948 - US President Harry S. Truman issues a peacetime military draft in the US amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1948 - In New York City, twelve leaders of the Communist Party USA are indicted under the Smith Act including William Z. Foster and Gus Hall. The City of New York The Communist Party of the United States of America ( CPUSA) is a Marxist-Leninist Political party in the United States. The Alien Registration Act or Smith Act ( of 1940 is a United States federal statute that makes it a criminal offense for anyone to knowingly or willfully advocate William Zebulon Foster ( February 25, 1881 - September 1, 1961) born in Taunton, Massachusetts, was the long-time Gus Hall ( October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was a leader of the Communist Party USA and its four-time U
• 1949 - Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية
• 1950 - Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə This page is about the Soviet agent For the jazz musician please see Harry Gold (musician. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs ( December 29, 1911 &ndash January 28, 1988) was a German -born theoretical physicist and
• 1951 - King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Abdullah I bin al-Hussein King of Jordan (1882 – July 20 1951 was born in Mecca, Ottoman Empire, (in modern-day Saudi Arabia) as ( Arabic Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the
• 1953 - The United Nations Economic and Social Council votes to make UNICEF a permanent agency. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Economic and Social Council ( ECOSOC) of the United Nations assists the General Assembly in promoting international economic and social cooperation The United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946
• 1954 - Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Otto John ( 1909 - March 26, 1997) was head of the West German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ( Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state
• 1954 - At Geneva, Switzerland, an armistice is signed that ends fighting in Vietnam and divides the country along the 17th parallel. Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking An armistice is a situation where the warring parties agree to stop fighting Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially A circle of latitude, on the Earth, is an imaginary East - West circle connecting all locations (not taking into account elevation that share a given
• 1958 - Twenty-six are dead in an explosion at a military base near Kokin Breg, Yugoslavia. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian
• 1959 - The Organization for European Economic Cooperation admits Spain. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1960 - Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike ( April 17, 1916 - October 10, 2000) was a politician from Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon
• 1960 - The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time. The Polaris missile was a submarine-launched two-stage solid-fuel nuclear-armed ballistic missile ( SLBM) built during the Cold War by Lockheed for Construction and launching Her keel was laid down at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton Connecticut on 1 November
• 1960 - Belgium defends its intervention in the Congo to the United Nations Security Council while the government of the Congo appeals to the Soviet Union to send troops to push back the Belgians. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The governments of the US and France and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization warn the Soviets to stay out of the dispute. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The North Atlantic Treaty
• 1960 - The head of the Physics Department at the Israel Institute of Technology, Kurt Sitte, is arrested for espionage. Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. The Technion &ndash Israel Institute of Technology (הטכניון &ndash מכון טכנולוגי לישראל is an internationally-acclaimed Institute of technology in
• 1961 - French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Military of France encompasses an army, a navy, an air force and a military police force. Tunisia (تونس Tūnis officially the Tunisian Republic ( is a country located in North Africa. Bizerte or Bizerta ( Arabic: بنزرت transliterated: Banzart Italian Biserta) is a capital city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia
• 1964 - Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Dinh Tuong Province, Cai Be, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children). Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia "RVN" redirects here RVN is also the former callsign of a TV station in Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia
• 1965 - In Hayneville, Alabama, two civil rights protesters, one a priest and the other a seminarian, are shot by a deputy sheriff. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Hayneville is a town in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is a specialized and often live-in Higher education institution for the purpose of instructing students The seminarian dies of his wounds.
• 1965 - Turkish prime minister Suat Hayri Urguplu returns from a visit to Moscow and announces the Soviet Union will provide aid to his country. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Ali Suat Hayri Ürgüplü ( August 13 1903, Damascus, Ottoman Empire &ndash 1981 Istanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1969 - Apollo Program: Apollo 11 successfully lands the first man on the Moon. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1969 - Cease fire announced between Honduras and El Salvador, 6 days after the beginning of the "Football War"
• 1971 - The Soviet Union says it will support the People's Republic of China's admission to the United Nations
• 1973 - The US Senate passes the War Powers Act. Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. The "Football" War ( La guerra del fútbol, in Spanish) also known as the 100-hours War, was a five-day War fought by El The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The War Powers Act of 1973 ( also referred to as the War Powers Resolution is a resolution of the Congress of The United States of America that stated that the President of
• 1973 - Vietnam War: In testimony by Assistant Secretary of Defense Jerry Friedheim to the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, the US Defense Department admits it lied to US Congress about bombing Cambodia . The Committee on Armed Services is a Committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of the nation's military, including the The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East
• 1973 - Seventy-three government officials and military officers are charged with conspiracy to overthrow the Greek government. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
• 1973 - Palestianian terrorists hijack a Japan Airlines jet en route from Amsterdam to Japan and force it down in Dubai. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion ( or JAL, is an airline of Japan It is one of the largest Airline operators in Asia. Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Dubai (in دبيّ,) is one of the seven emirates and most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE
• 1973 - First coast-to-coast black-owned and operated radio network: The National Black Network (NBN) begins operations. The National Black Network, or NBN, began operation in 1973 as the first coast-to-coast radio network wholly owned by African Americans.
• 1974 - Turkish occupation of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a "coup d' etat", organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Cyprus dispute is a territorial conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots and also Republic of Cyprus and Turkey over Cyprus, an Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía NATO's Council praises the US and the United Kingdom for attempts to settle the dispute. The North Atlantic Treaty The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Syria and Egypt put their militaries on alert. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics.
• 1975 - India expels three reporters from The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and Newsweek because they refused to sign a pledge to abide by government censorship. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City.
• 1976 - The Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft sent to Mars as part of NASA 's Viking program, and holds the record for the longest Mars surface mission
• 1976 - Vietnam War: The US military completes its troop withdrawal from Thailand. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj
• 1977 - Johnstown is hit by a flash flood that kills eighty and causes $350 million in damage. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, miles east of Pittsburgh A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic lowlying areas - washes rivers and streams
• 1977 - The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all The Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA) is the implementation of freedom of information legislation in the United States Mind control is a broad range of psychological tactics able to subvert an individual's control of his own thinking, behavior emotions or decisions
• 1980 - The United Nations Security Council votes 14-0 that member states should not recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.
• 1982 - Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regents Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Hyde Park and Regents Park Bombings occurred on 20 July, 1982. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the A bomb is any of a range of devices that typically rely on the Exothermic Chemical reaction of an Explosive material to produce an extremely Hyde Park is one of the largest Parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner For other meanings see Regent's Park (disambiguation Regent's Park (officially The Regent's Park) is one of the Royal Parks London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1983 - The Israeli cabinet votes to withdraw troops from Beirut but to remain in southern Lebanon. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية
• 1984 - Officials of the Miss America pageant ask Vanessa Lynn Williams to quit after Penthouse published nude photos of her. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American Singer-songwriter and actress. Penthouse, a Men 's Magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and Soft-core pornographic pictorials
• 1985 - The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Aruba is a -long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, north of the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, Venezuela The Netherlands Antilles ( Dutch:) previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West Indies, is part of the Lesser Antilles
• 1986 - In South Africa, police fire tear gas into a church service for families of those held under the government's emergency decrees. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa A lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from lacrima meaning "a tear " in Latin) (commonly referred to as tear gas) is a
• 1987 - UN Security Council Resolution 598, condemning the Iran-Iraq War and demanding cease-fire, is unanimously adopted. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)
• 1989 - Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe's show opens at Washington, D.C.'s Project for the Arts after the Smithsonian Institution's Corcoran Gallery cancels it. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. Robert Mapplethorpe ( November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American Photographer, known for his large-scale highly Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The Smithsonian Institution (smɪθsoʊnɪən is an educational and research institute and associated Museum complex administered and funded by the Government of The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural institution in Washington DC.
• 1989 - Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest. Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. Aung San Suu Kyi ( àunsʰánsṵtʃì born 19 June 1945 in Rangoon, is a pro- Democracy activist and leader of the National League for
• 1990 - A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes at the International Stock Exchange in London. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1992 - Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Václav Havel, GCB, CC, ( (born October 5, 1936) is a Czech Playwright Writer and Politician Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
• 1994 - Israel's Shimon Peres visits Jordan, the highest ranking Israeli official to do so
• 1994 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's Fragment Q1 hits Jupiter. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. (שמעון פרס born Szymon Perski on August 2 1923, is the ninth President of the State of Israel. Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern Shoemaker-Levy redirects here For other Shoemaker-Levy comets see List of periodic comets.
• 1995 - The Regents of the University of California vote to end all affirmative action in the UC system by 1997. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The University of California ( UC) is a Public university system in the state of California. Affirmative action in the United States|Employment equity (Canada|Reservation in India|Numerus clausus The term affirmative action describes many policies aimed at a historically Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
• 1996 - In Spain, an ETA bomb at an airport kills 35
• 1998 - Two hundred aid workers from CARE International, Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups leave Afghanistan on orders of the Taliban. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. eu '''Euskadi Ta Askatasuna''' or ETA ( Basque for "Basque Homeland and Freedom" ˈɛːta is an illegal armed Basque nationalist Separatist An airport is a location where Aircraft such as airplanes, Helicopters and blimps take off and land Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) CARE is one of the largest international relief and Humanitarian organizations in the world with programs in nearly 70 countries Médecins Sans Frontières (pronounced) or Doctors Without Borders, is a secular humanitarian-aid Non-governmental organization best known Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately
• 1999 - The practise Falun Gong is officially banned and defined as an "evil cult" (xiejiao) by the government of the People's Republic of China, and a large-scale crackdown of its practitioners is launched. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Falun Gong ( or Falun Dafa is a spiritual practice founded in China by Li Hongzhi （李洪志） in 1992 Falun Gong was introduced to the general public by Li Hongzhi (李洪志 in Changchun, China, in 1992 Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Falun Gong was introduced to the general public by Li Hongzhi (李洪志 in Changchun, China, in 1992
• 2000 - The leaders of Salt Lake City's bid to win the 2002 Winter Olympics are indicted by a federal grand jury for bribery, fraud, and racketeering. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U The 2002 Olympic Winter Games bid scandal was a Scandal involving allegations of Bribery to obtain the 2002 Olympic The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 2002 In the Common law, a grand jury is a type of Jury which determines whether there is enough evidence for a trial. Bribery, a form of pecuniary corruption is an act usually implying money or gift given that alters the behaviour of the recipient in ways not consistent with the duties of that person In the broadest sense a fraud is a Deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual A racket is an illegal business usually run as part of Organized crime.
• 2000 - In Zimbabwe, Parliament opens its new session and seats opposition members for the first time in a decade. See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election
• 2000 - Terrorist Carlos the Jackal sues France in the European Court of Human Rights for allegedly torturing him. Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (born) is a Venezuelan born leftist Revolutionary. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The European Court of Human Rights ( ECtHR) (Cour européenne des droits de l’homme in Strasbourg was established under the European Convention on Human Rights
• 2001 - The London Stock Exchange goes public. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a Stock exchange located in London, England.
• 2001 - Italy: The 27th Annual G8 summit opens in Genoa. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English An Italian protester in Genoa, Carlo Giuliani, is shot by police. Carlo Giuliani ( March 14, 1978 -- July 20, 2001) was an Italian Anti-globalist who was shot and killed by police during
• 2002 - South America: A fire in a discotheque in Lima, Peru kills over twenty-five. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a A discothèque, diskoˈtɛk̚ compare the Spanish "discoteca" is an Entertainment venue or Club with recorded music played by "Discaires" Lima is the Capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers on a coast overlooking
• 2003 - Richard Sambrook, the Director of BBC News, reveals that David Kelly was the source of claims that Downing Street had "sexed up" the "Dodgy Dossier". Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Sambrook (born 24 April 1956) is the Director of the BBC World Service and Global News and former Director of BBC News and BBC David Christopher Kelly CMG ( May 17, 1944 – July 17, 2003) was an employee of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Downing Street is the street in London, England, which for over two hundred years has contained the official residences of two of the most senior British cabinet ministers Iraq Its Infrastructure of Concealment Deception and Intimidation (more commonly known as the Dodgy Dossier, the Iraq Dossier or the February Dossier
• 2003 - France: Sixteen people are injured after two bombs explode outside a tax office in Nice. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A bomb is any of a range of devices that typically rely on the Exothermic Chemical reaction of an Explosive material to produce an extremely Nice (nis Niçard Occitan: Niça norm or Nissa, Italian: Nizza or Nizza Marittima, Greek
• 2005 - Canada becomes the fourth country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage, after the bill C-38 receives its Royal Assent. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage) is a term for a legally or Socially recognized Marriage between two people of the same The Civil Marriage Act (full title " An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes " was Legislation legalizing The granting of Royal Assent is the formal method by which a constitutional monarch completes the legislative process of Lawmaking by formally assenting to an

Births

• 356 BC - Alexander the Great, Macedonian king and military leader (d. Events By place Persian Empire Having blamed the defeats by Philip II in Thessaly and Chalcidice on his colleagues Chares is Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' 323 BC)
• 810 - Imam Bukhari, Muslim scholar and compiler of Hadith (d. Events By place Macedonian Empire 10 June — In Babylon, Alexander the Great dies ten days after being taken ill For the area code see Area code 810 Events By Place Byzantine Empire October 1 — A man with a Sword makes Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari, popularly known as Al-Bukhari ( البخاري) or Imam Bukhari (810-870 was a famous Sunni Hadith ( ar الحديث, pl aḥadīth; lit. "narrative" are oral Traditions relating to the words and deeds of the Islamic 870)
• 1304 - Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (d. Events By Place Europe Prague Castle is founded The Great Summer Army invades England and conquers Francesco Petrarca ( July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374) known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar 1374)
• 1537 - Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. Arnaud d'Ossat ( July 20, 1537 &mdash March 13, 1604) was a French diplomat and Writer, and a Cardinal 1604)
• 1620 - Nikolaes Heinsius, Dutch scholar (d. Nikolaes Heinsius the Elder ( July 20, 1620 &ndash1681 Dutch Classical scholar and Poet, son of Daniel Heinsius, was born 1681)
• 1659 - Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. Hyacinthe Rigaud ( Hiacint Riagau) ( July 20, 1659 – December 27, 1743) was a French painter of Catalan origin 1743)
• 1754 - Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher (d. Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Antoine Louis Claude Destutt comte de Tracy ( July 20, 1754 - March 9, 1836) was a French Enlightenment Aristocrat 1836)
• 1757 - Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (d. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Prince Garsevan Chavchavadze (გარსევან ჭავჭავაძე ( July 20, 1757, - April 7, 1811) was a Georgian 1811)
• 1774 - Auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, 1st Duc de Ragusa ( 20 July 1774 &ndash 22 March 1852) was a French 1852)
• 1797 - Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1873)
• 1822 - Gregor Mendel, father of modern genetics (d. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregor Johann Mendel ( July 20, 1822 &ndash January 6, 1884) was Genetics (from Ancient Greek grc-Latn genetikos, “genitive” and that from grc-Latn genesis, “origin” a discipline of Biology, is 1884)
• 1838 - Augustin Daly, American playwright (d. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common John Augustin Daly ( July 20, 1838 - June 7, 1899) American theatrical manager and Playwright, was born in Plymouth 1899)
• 1838 - George Otto Trevelyan, British statesman and biographer (d. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir George Otto Trevelyan 2nd Baronet OM, DC LLD DL (20 July 1838 17 August 1928 was a British Statesman and Author was born in 1928)
• 1847 - Max Liebermann, German artist (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Max Liebermann ( July 20 1847 &ndash February 8 1935) was a German painter and Printmaker in Etching and 1935)
• 1849 - Robert Anderson Van Wyck, Mayor of New York City (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Robert Anderson Van Wyck, (pronounced Van Wike ( July 20, 1849 &ndash November 14, 1918) was the first mayor of New York City after 1918)
• 1858 - Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Juan Vucetich ( July 20, 1858 &ndash January 25, 1925) was a Croatian born Argentine Anthropologist and 1925)
• 1864 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Erik Axel Karlfeldt ( July 20, 1864 — April 8, 1931) was a Swedish Poet whose highly symbolist Poetry masquerading The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1931)
• 1868 - Miron Cristea, 1st Patriarch of All Romania (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Miron Cristea, ( monastic name of Elie Cristea; July 20, 1868 &mdash March 6, 1939) was an Austro-Hungarian The Patriarch of All Romania is the title of the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church. 1939)
• 1873 - Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviator (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alberto Santos-Dumont (July 20 1873 &ndash July 23 1932 was an early pioneer of Aviation. 1932)
• 1876 - Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician (d. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Ludwig Otto Blumenthal ( July 20, 1876 – November 12, 1944) was a German Mathematician and professor at RWTH Aachen 1944)
• 1889 - John Reith, British broadcast executive (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Charles Walsham Reith 1st Baron Reith KT GCVO GBE CB TD PC ( 20 July 1889 &ndash 16 June 1971)
• 1890 - King George II of Greece (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Early life first period of kingship and exile George was born at the royal villa at Tatoi, near Athens, the eldest son of Constantine I King of the Hellenes 1947)
• 1893 - George Llewelyn-Davies, one of the 'Lost Boys' for the Peter Pan book (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Llewelyn Davies ( 20 July 1893 - 15 March 1915) was the eldest son of Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J 1915)
• 1895 - László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year László Moholy-Nagy (ˈlaːsloː ˈmohoiˌnɒɟ July 20, 1895 &ndash November 24 1946)
• 1897 - Tadeus Reichstein, Polish-born chemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Tadeusz Reichstein ( July 20, 1897 &ndash August 1, 1996) was a Polish-born Swiss Chemist and Nobel The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1996)
• 1901 - Heinie Manush, American baseball player (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Henry Emmett Manush ( July 20 1901 &ndash May 12 1971) nicknamed Heinie, was an American Left fielder 1971)
• 1902 - Jimmy Kennedy, Irish composer (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jimmy Kennedy ( 20 July 1902 &ndash 6 April 1984) OBE was a Songwriter, predominantly a Lyricist putting words 1984)
• 1909 - Jean Focas, Greco-French astronomer (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jean-Henri Focas ( 20 July 1909 &ndash 3 January 1969) was a Greco - French astronomer 1969)
• 1910 - Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Vilém Tauský CBE ( July 20, 1910 - March 16, 2004) was a Czech conductor and composer 2004)
• 1918 - Cindy Walker, American singer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Cindy Walker ( July 20, 1918 - March 23, 2006) was an American singer/songwriter and dancer 2006)
• 1919 - Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountain climber (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (20 July 1919 &ndash 11 January 2008 was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer 2008)
• 1920 - Elliot Richardson, American politician (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Elliot Lee Richardson ( July 20, 1920 &ndash December 31, 1999) was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinet 1999)
• 1922 - Alan Stephenson Boyd, American politician
• 1923 - Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Alan Stephenson Boyd (born July 20 1922 was the first United States Secretary of Transportation, appointed by Lyndon Johnson. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stanisław Józef Albinowski ( 20 July 1923, Lwów &ndash 25 January 2005, Warsaw) was a Polish Economist 2005)
• 1924 - Thomas Berger, American novelist
• 1924 - Mort Garson, Canadian composer
• 1925 - Jacques Delors, French President of the European Commission
• 1925 - Frantz Fanon, West Indian psychiatrist and writer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Louis Berger (born July 20, 1924) is an American Novelist. Mort Garson ( 20 July 1924 &ndash 4 January 2008) who was born in in Saint John New Brunswick, Canada, was an Electronic Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born July 20 1925 in Paris) is a French Economist and politician the only person to have served two terms The President of the European Commission is the head of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union. Frantz Fanon ( July 20, 1925 – December 6, 1961) was a Psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary and author from 1961)
• 1926 - Lola Albright, American actress
• 1926 - Patricia Cutts, English actress (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lois Jean "Lola" Albright (born July 20 1925, Akron Ohio) is an American Singer and Actress. Patricia Cutts ( July 20, 1926 - September 6, 1974) was an English Film and Television Actress 1974)
• 1929 - Mike Ilitch, American businessman, sports executive, and philanthropist
• 1929 - Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael "Mike" Ilitch, born Michael Iliev or Ilievski on July 20 1929 in Detroit Michigan is an Rajendra Kumar ( 20 July 1929 - 12 July 1999) was an Indian movie Actor, who acted in Bollywood films 1999)
• 1930 - Chuck Daly, American basketball coach
• 1930 - Sally Ann Howes, English-born singer and actress
• 1932 - Nam June Paik, Korean-born artist (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Jerome "Chuck" Daly (born July 20 1930 in St Marys Pennsylvania) is a former American Basketball Head coach. Sally Ann Howes (born July 20, 1930) is a singer and actress holding dual citizenship — born in London England, she became a naturalized U Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Nam June Paik ( July 20, 1932 - January 29, 2006) was a South Korean-born American artist 2006)
• 1932 - Otto Schily, German politician
• 1933 - Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Otto Georg Schily ( SPD; born July 20, 1932) was Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany from 1998 to 2005 in the cabinet of former Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Buddy Wayne Knox ( July 20, 1933 - February 14, 1999) was an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 Rockabilly 1999)
• 1933 - Cormac McCarthy, American author
• 1933 - Rex Williams, English snooker player
• 1934 - Uwe Johnson, German writer
• 1934 - Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Cormac McCarthy, born Charles McCarthy (born July 20, 1933 in Providence Rhode Island) is an American Novelist and Rex Williams (born 20 July, 1933) is a retired English professional player of Snooker and English billiards. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Uwe Johnson (July 20 1934 - February 22 1984 was a German writer editor, and scholar Aliki Vougiouklaki ( Greek: Αλίκη Βουγιουκλάκη ( July 20, 1934 - July 23, 1996) was a Greek Film 1996)
• 1935 - Ted Rogers, English comedian (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ted Rogers was a fast talking English comedian and light entertainer who originally started his career as a Red coat entertainer and is best remembered as the only 2001)
• 1936 - Barbara Mikulski, U. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barbara Ann Mikulski (born July 20, 1936) is an American Politician of the Democratic Party, and the senior Senator S. Senator from Maryland
• 1937 - Ken Ogata, Japanese actor
• 1938 - Roger Hunt, English footballer
• 1938 - Dame Diana Rigg, English actress
• 1938 - Natalie Wood, American actress (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ken Ogata (緒形拳 Ogata Ken, 20 July 1937 - 5 October 2008) was a Japanese Actor. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Hunt MBE (born 20 July 1938 in Golborne, Lancashire) is an English former footballer whose predatory instincts Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE (born 20 July 1938 is an English actress. Natalie Wood, born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko, also billed as Natasha Gurdin ( July 20, 1938, San Francisco, California 1981)
• 1939 - Judy Chicago, American artist
• 1940 - Tony Oliva, Cuban baseball player
• 1941 - Kurt Raab, German actor (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Judy Chicago (born Judy Cohen on July 20, 1939) is a Feminist artist author and educator Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tony Pedro Oliva (born Antonio Oliva Lopez Hernandes Javique on July 20, 1938 in Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a former Major League Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kurt Raab ( July 20, 1941 - June 28, 1988) was a West German stage and film actor as well as a screenwriter and playwright 1988)
• 1942 - Ron Bowden, Australian politician
• 1942 - Pete Hamilton, American race car driver
• 1943 - Wendy Richard, English actress
• 1945 - Kim Carnes, American singer and songwriter
• 1945 - Larry Craig, American politician (U. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ronald Henry Bowden (born July 20, 1942) is an Australian politician Pete Hamilton (born July 20, 1942 in Newton, Massachusetts) is a retired American NASCAR racer Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wendy Richard MBE (born Wendy Emerton on 20 July 1943) is an English actress best known for playing Miss Brahms Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945 in Pasadena California) is a Grammy Award -winning American Singer-songwriter. Larry Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945) is an American politician from the state of Idaho. S Senator from Idaho)
• 1945 - John Lodge, English musician (The Moody Blues)
• 1945 - Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer (d. The State of Idaho ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. John Charles Lodge (born 20 July, 1945, in Erdington, Birmingham, England) is best known as Bass guitar player Singer The Moody Blues are an English psychedelic rock band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. Johnny Loughrey ( July 20, 1945 &ndash April 13, 2005) was an Irish singer and songwriter born in Newtownstewart, 2005)
• 1945 - Bo Rein, American football coach (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Edward "Bo" Rein ( July 20, 1945 - January 10, 1980) was a noted two-sport College athlete in the 1980)
• 1946 - Randal Kleiser, American film director
• 1947 - Gerd Binnig, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1947 - Carlos Santana, Mexican-born American guitarist
• 1948 - Muse Watson, American actor
• 1950 - Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress
• 1950 - Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor
• 1951 - Jeff Rawle, English actor
• 1952 - Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
• 1953 - Thomas Friedman, American journalist
• 1953 - Marcia Hines, American-born Australian singer
• 1954 - Moira Harris, American actress
• 1955 - Jem Finer, English musician and composer (The Pogues)
• 1956 - Paul Cook, English musician (The Sex Pistols)
• 1957 - Nancy Cruzan, American figure in right-to-die case (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Randal Kleiser (born July 20, 1946 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American Film director and producer. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gerd Binnig (born July 20, 1947) is a German physicist and a Nobel laureate. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. For the Costa Rican football player see Carlos Santana (footballer; for the Mexican academic see Carlos Santana Morales. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Muse Watson (born July 20, 1948) is an American actor. Watson was born in Alexandria Louisiana. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tantoo Cardinal (born July 20, 1950 in Fort McMurray, Alberta) is a Canadian film and television actress Naseeruddin Shah aka Nasiruddin Shah (नसीरुद्दीन शाह (b Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Jeff Rawle (born 20 July 1951) is an English Actor. Rawle was born in Birmingham, England. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (born July 20, 1952) is an actress from Ōta Tokyo. Her father was a naturalized South Korean her mother a Japanese. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Lauren Friedman (born July 20, 1953) is an American journalist columnist and author Marcia Elaine Hines (born 20 July 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA is a Vocalist, actress and TV personality who achieved Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Moira Harris (born July 20, 1954) is an Emmy -winning American Actress. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Jeremy "Jem" Finer (born July 25, 1955) is an English musician and composer The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background playing Traditional Irish music with influences from Punk rock, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Cook, born on 20 July 1956, is an English Drummer and member of the Punk rock band Sex Pistols. The Sex Pistols are an English Punk rock band that formed in London in 1975 Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Nancy Beth Cruzan ( July 20, 1957 &ndash December 26, 1990) laid in a coma after an auto accident which left her in a Persistent vegetative 1990)
• 1957 - Donna Dixon, American actress
• 1958 - Mick MacNeil, ex-keyboardist with Simple Minds
• 1962 - Carlos Alazraqui, American actor and comedian
• 1962 - Lee Harris, English drummer (Talk Talk, .O.rang)
• 1963 - Frank Whaley, American actor
• 1964 - Chris Cornell, American musician Soundgarden/Audioslave
• 1964 - Terri Irwin, American television personality and wife of Steve Irwin. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Donna Dixon (born July 20, 1957) is an American actress. Dixon was born in Alexandria, Virginia; her father Earl Dixon Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael "Mick" MacNeil (b20 Jul 1958 Glasgow) was the keyboardist for the Scottish band Simple Minds, best remembered for their UK #7/US #1 hit " Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carlos Jaime Alazraqui (born July 20, 1962) is a Argentine American Actor, Comedian, impressionist and Voice actor Lee David Harris (born July 20 1962) is an English Drummer and Musician. Talk Talk were a popular British rock group that were active from 1981 to 1991 Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Joseph Whaley (born July 20, 1963) is an American film and television actor known for his roles in Independent films Biography Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964) is an American rock musician best known as the Lead singer Audioslave was an American Hard rock supergroup that formed in Los Angeles California in 2001 Theresa Penelope Irwin (nee Raines AM (born July 20, 1964) is an American -born naturalist, Author, the widow of Australian
• 1964 - Kool G Rap, American musician
• 1964 - Bernd Schneider, German race car deriver
• 1964 - Dean Winters, American actor
• 1966 - Stone Gossard, American musician
• 1967 - Reed Diamond, American actor
• 1968 - Michael Park, American actor
• 1968 - Jimmy Carson, American ice hockey player
• 1968 - Julian Rhind-Tutt, English actor
• 1969 - Josh Holloway, American actor
• 1969 - Giovanni Lombardi, Italian cyclist
• 1969 - Tobi Vail, American musician (Bikini Kill, The Go Team, The Frumpies)
• 1969 - Vitamin C, American singer
• 1971 - Charles Johnson, American baseball player
• 1971 - Sandra Oh, Korean Canadian actress
• 1971 - DJ Screw, American hiphop DJ (d. Nathaniel Wilson (born July 20 1968) better known by his stage name Kool G Rap, is an American Hardcore rapper from the Corona Bernd Schneider (born July 20, 1964 in St Ingbert) is a champion touring car driver from Germany. Dean Winters (born July 20, 1964) is an American actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of Ryan O'Reily on HBO 's Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Stone Carpenter Gossard (born July 20 1966 in Seattle, Washington) is an American Guitarist and Songwriter. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Reed Edward Diamond (born July 20, 1967) is an American Actor. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Park (born July 20, 1968 in Canandaigua (city New York, USA) is an actor best known for his role of Detective Jack Snyder on James Charles Carson (born July 20 1968 in Southfield Michigan) is a Retired professional hockey player of Greek origin Julian Alistair Rhind-Tutt (born July 20, 1968) is an English Actor, probably best known for his starring role as Dr Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Josh Holloway, (born July 20, 1969) in San Jose California is an American Actor best known for his role as James "Sawyer" Giovanni Lombardi (born July 20 1969 is an Italian former professional road bicycling racer who raced from 1992 to 2006 Tobi Vail (born July 20 1969) is a Musician, influential DIY Punk zinester Activist, and Feminist theorist Bikini Kill were an American Punk rock band formed in Olympia Washington in October of 1990. The Go Team was a 1980s band from Olympia Washington consisting of Tobi Vail and Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening. The Frumpies was a Punk rock band formed in 1992 Olympia Washington. Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick (born July 20, 1969, although other sources list July 20, 1970) is an American Pop music singer Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Charles Edward Johnson Jr (born July 20, 1971 in Fort Pierce Florida) is a former Major League Baseball Catcher. Sandra Oh (born July 20, 1971) is an award-winning Canadian Actress. DJ Screw, born Robert Earl Davis Jr ( June 27, 1971 &ndash November 16, 2000) was a central figure in the Houston hip 2000)
• 1972 - Erik Ullenhag, Swedish jurist and politician
• 1973 - Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1973 - Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway
• 1973 - Claudio Reyna, American soccer player
• 1973 - Mads Rieper, Danish footballer
• 1973 - Courtney Taylor-Taylor, American singer (The Dandy Warhols)
• 1974 - Bengie Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1974 - Simon Rex, American actor
• 1975 - Ray Allen, American basketball player
• 1975 - Judy Greer, American actress
• 1975 - Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer
• 1975 - Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish politician
• 1976 - Erica Hill, American news anchor
• 1976 - Andrew Stockdale, Australian musician (Wolfmother)
• 1976 - Alex Yoong, Malaysian racing driver
• 1977 - Kiki Musampa, Congolese footballer
• 1977 - Alessandro dos Santos, Brazilian-born Japanese footballer
• 1978 - Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player
• 1978 - Charlie Korsmo, American actor
• 1978 - Tamsyn Lewis, Australian athlete
• 1978 - Will Solomon, American basketball player
• 1978 - Elliott Yamin, American Idol contestant
• 1979 - Miklos Feher, Hungarian football player (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Erik Ullenhag (born July 20, 1972 in Uppsala) is a Swedish Jurist and Politician with the Liberal People's Party Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. (born July 20, 1973) is a Swedish professional Ice hockey center who is currently a free agent in the National Hockey League (NHL Family and heritage Haakon's godparents are King Olav V of Norway, Princess Astrid of Norway, Prince Carl Bernadotte, King Carl XVI Gustaf Claudio Reyna (born July 20, 1973 in Livingston, New Jersey) is a former American Association football player Mads Rieper Jensen (born July 20 1973) is a Danish professional football defender who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side Courtney Taylor-Taylor (born Courtney Taylor, 20 July 1967) is the primary Songwriter, lead Singer and Guitarist for The Dandy Warhols are a rock band formed in Portland Oregon by Courtney Taylor-Taylor ( vocals, Guitar) Zia McCabe Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Benjamin José "Bengie" Molina (born July 20 1974 in Rio Piedras Puerto Rico) is the starting Catcher for the San Francisco Giants of Simon Rex (born July 20, 1974) is an American Actor, Television personality and Rapper. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Walter Ray Allen (born July 20 1975 in Merced, California) commonly referred to as Ray Allen, is an American professional Basketball player Judy Evans Greer (born Judith Laura Evans; July 20, 1975) is an American actress. Erik "Panzer" Hagen (born 20 July 1975 is a Norwegian international football player formerly playing on with Zenit St Eva Birgitta Ohlsson (born 20 July 1975 in Linköping) is a Swedish Politician and Member of Parliament with the Liberal Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Erica Ruth Hill (born July 20, 1976, in Clinton Connecticut) is an American TV News presenter who currently works for Andrew James Stockdale (born 20 July 1976 is an Australian musician best known as the singer and guitarist of Wolfmother. Alexander Charles Loong Yoong (aka Alex Yoong) ( born July 20 1976, is a Malaysian Race car driver Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Kizito "Kiki" Musampa (born July 20 1977 in Kinshasa) is a Zaire born Dutch footballer. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Pavel Valerievich Datsyuk (Па́вел Вале́рьевич Дацю́к (born July 20 1978, in Sverdlovsk, USSR) is a Russian Charles Randolph Korsmo (born July 20, 1978) is an American former Child actor who starred in several major Hollywood films during Tamsyn Carolyn Lewis (born July 20, 1978) is an Australian athlete and middle-distance runner who has won a total of Elliott Yamin ( hebrew: אליוט ימין) (born Efraym Elliott Yamin on July 20, 1978) is an American Singer American Idol, with the full title American Idol The Search for a Superstar for the first season only is an American reality-competition Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Miklós "Miki" Fehér ( Tatabánya, July 20, 1979 &ndash Guimarães, January 25, 2004) was an Hungarian 2004)
• 1979 - Claudine Barretto, Filipino actress
• 1979 - David Ortega, Spanish freestyle and backstroke swimmer
• 1980 - Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model
• 1980 - Mike Kennerty, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects)
• 1981 - Thorsten Engelmann, German rower
• 1981 - Damien Delaney. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Claudine Margaret Castelo Barretto, popularly known as Claudine Barretto (born July 20, 1979) is a Filipino television and film actress David Ortega Pitarch (born July 20, 1979, age 28 in Castellón de la Plana, Castellón) is a freestyle and Backstroke Freestyle is an unregulated Swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Gisele Caroline Bündchen (born July 20 1980 is a Brazilian model. Mike Kennerty (born Michael Brian Kennerty on July 20, 1980 in Houston Texas is the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for The All-American The All-American Rejects are a Rock band sometimes referred to as AAR, from Stillwater Oklahoma formed by Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Thorsten Engelmann (born July 20, 1981 in Berlin) is a German rower. Damien Delaney (born July 20 1981 in Cork) is an Irish professional footballer, currently playing for Queens Park Rangers Irish footballer
• 1982 - Percy Daggs III, American actor
• 1984 - Alexi Casilla, Dominican baseball player
• 1984 - Troy Smith, American football player
• 1985 - John Francis Daley, American actor
• 1988 - Julianne Hough, American ballroom dancer; actress; singer
• 1991 - William Tomlin, British actor

• 1997 - Billi Bruno, American actress
• 1999 - Princess Alexandra of Hanover, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco

Deaths

• 985 - Pope Boniface VII
• 1031 - King Robert II of France (b. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Percy Daggs III (born July 20, 1982) is an American Actor best known for his role as Wallace Fennel Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Alexi Casilla Lora (born July 20, 1984 in San Cristobal Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball Second baseman for the Troy Smith (born July 20, 1984 in Cleveland Ohio) is an American football Quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) John Francis Daley (born July 20, 1985) is an American Television and Film Actor and director. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Julianne Hough (born July 20 1988 is an American professional Ballroom dancer turned Country music singer Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. William Tomlin ( 20 July 1991) is a British Child actor known for playing Michael in The Story Of Tracy Beaker Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Billi Bruno (born Sarah Bruno in Los Angeles California, July 20, 1997) is an American child actress who plays Jim Belushi Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Princess Alexandra of Hanover ( German: Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia Prinzessin von Hannover) (born July 20, 1999 in Vöcklabruck Caroline Princess of Hanover Hereditary Princess of Monaco ( Caroline Louise Marguerite Prinzessin von Hannover Erbprinzessin von Monaco) formally styled Her Events By Place Europe Barcelona is sacked by Al-Mansur. Greenland is colonized by Icelandic Boniface VII (Franco Ferrucci died July 20, 985) was an Antipope (974 984&ndash985 Robert II ( 27 March 972 &ndash 20 July 1031) called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 972)
• 1156 - Emperor Toba of Japan (b. 972 was a year in the 10th century. Events By Place Europe Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine Emperor Toba (鳥羽天皇 Toba-tennō) ( February 24, 1103 &ndash July 20, 1156) was the 74th emperor of 1103)
• 1160 - Peter Lombard, French theologian
• 1320 - King Oshin of Armenia (b. Peter Lombard or Petrus Lombardus; (c 1100 — July 20, 1160 in Paris) was a scholastic theologian and Bishop and author Oshin (Օշին 1282 &ndash July 20, 1320) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1307 to 1320 and a member of the Hetoumid 1282)
• 1351 - Margaretha Ebner, German visionary (b. Margaretha Ebner ( 1291 - 20 July, 1351) was a German mystic and visionary 1291)
• 1387 - Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu (poisoned) (b. Robert IV of Artois (1356 &ndash July 20, 1387) son of John of Artois Count of Eu and Isabeau of Melun was Count of Eu in 1387 1356)
• 1398 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (b. Roger de Mortimer 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster ( 11 April, 1374 &ndash 20 July, 1398) was the Heir presumptive to 1374)
• 1453 - Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French chronicler
• 1454 - King John II of Castile (b. Enguerrand de Monstrelet (c 1400 &ndash 20 July 1453) French chronicler belonged to a noble family of Picardy. John II ( March 6 1405 &ndash July 20 1454) was King of Castile from 1406 to 1454 1405)
• 1524 - Claude of France, wife of Louis XII of France (b. Louis XII ( June 27, 1462 – January 1, 1515) called "the Father of the People" (Le Père du Peuple was the thirty-fifth king 1499)
• 1616 - Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, English soldier
• 1704 - Peregrine White, first English child born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. Aodh Mór Ó Néill (anglicised as Hugh The Great O'Neill) (c Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Peregrine White ( November 20 1620 - July 20, 1704) was the first English child born to the Pilgrims in the New World 1620)
• 1752 - Johann Christoph Pepusch, German composer (b. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Johann Christoph Pepusch ( 1667 - 20 July, 1752) was a German-born Composer, who spent most of his working life in England 1667)
• 1816 - Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet (b. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Gavriil (Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (Гаврии́л (Гаври́ла Рома́нович Держа́вин July 14 1743 &ndash July 20 1816 was the greatest Russian poet 1743)
• 1866 - Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (b. Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1826)
• 1897 - Jean Ingelow, English poet (b. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Jean Ingelow ( 17 March, 1820 &ndash 20 July, 1897) was an English Poet and Novelist. 1820)
• 1901 - William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting William Cosmo Monkhouse ( March 18, 1840 &ndash July 20, 1901) English Poet and Critic, was born in London 1840)
• 1903 - Pope Leo XIII (b. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Pope Leo XIII ( March 2, 1810 – July 20, 1903) born Count Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, was the 256th Pope 1810)
• 1908 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author, president of the International Olympic Committee (b. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Demetrius Vikelas, or Bikelas (Δημήτριος Βικέλας February 15 1835 &ndash July 20 1908 was a Greek businessman and writer he was the first president of the 1835)
• 1922 - Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Andrey (Andrei Andreyevich Markov (Андрей Андреевич Марков (June 14 1856 N 1856)
• 1926 - Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinskiy, head of the Soviet secret police (b. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky ( Polish: Feliks Edmundowicz Dzierżyński, Russian: Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский Belarusian 1877)
• 1927 - King Ferdinand of Romania (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ferdinand I ( 24 August 1865 – 20 July 1927) was the King of the Romanians from October 10 1914 until his death 1865)
• 1928 - Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (b. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kostas Karyotakis (Κώστας Καρυωτάκης( November 11, 1896 – July 20, 1928) is considered one of the most representative Greek 1896)
• 1932 - René Bazin, French novelist (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. René François Nicolas Marie Bazin ( December 26, 1853 &ndash July 20, 1932) was a French Novelist. 1853)
• 1937 - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marchese Guglielmo Marconi mar'koni (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937 was an Italian inventor best known for his development of a Radiotelegraph system The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1874)
• 1941 - Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lew Fields ( 1 January 1867, New York City - 20 July 1941, Beverly Hills California) born Moses Schoenfeld, 1867)
• 1944 - Mildred Harris, American actress (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mildred Harris ( November 29, 1901 &ndash July 20, 1944) was an American Actress of the Silent film era 1901)
• 1945 - Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry (French pɔl valeˈʁi October 30, 1871 – July 20, 1945) was a French Poet 1871)
• 1951 - King Abdullah I of Jordan (b. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Abdullah I bin al-Hussein King of Jordan (1882 – July 20 1951 was born in Mecca, Ottoman Empire, (in modern-day Saudi Arabia) as ( Arabic 1882)
• 1951 - Friedrich Wilhelm Hohenzollern, Crown Prince of Germany (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the Crown Prince Wilhelm For German ships of the same name please see the Kronprinz Wilhelm or SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm. 1882)
• 1953 - Dumarsaid Estime, President of Haiti (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dumarsais Estimé (1900 Verrettes - July 20, 1953) was a Haïtian Political figure. The President of Haiti is the Head of state of the Republic of Haiti. 1900)
• 1953 - Jan Struther, British author (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Jan Struther was the Pen name of Joyce Anstruther, later Joyce Maxtone Graham and finally Joyce Placzek ( June 6 1901 &ndash 1901)
• 1956 - James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Alexander Calder, PC ( September 17 1868 &ndash July 20 1956) was a Canadian politician 1868)
• 1959 - William D. Leahy, American admiral (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy ( May 6, 1875 &ndash July 20, 1959) was an American naval officer Governor of 1875)
• 1969 - Roy Hamilton, American singer (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roy Hamilton (b April 16, 1929, Leesburg Georgia – d July 20, 1969, New Rochelle New York 1929)
• 1970 - Iain Macleod, Conservative Party Politician and Chancellor of Exchequer at time of his death (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Iain Norman Macleod ( 11 November 1913 &ndash 20 July 1970) was a British Conservative Party Politician and 1913)
• 1973 - Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Bruce Lee ( November 27 1940 – July 20 1973 was an American-born Martial artist, Philosopher, instructor, Martial arts actor and the 1940)
• 1973 - Robert Smithson, American land artist (b. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Smithson ( January 2, 1938 – July 20, 1973) was an American Artist famous for his Land art. 1938)
• 1982 - Okot p'Bitek, Ugandan poet (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Okot p'Bitek (1931 &ndash July 20, 1982) was a Ugandan poet who achieved wide international recognition for Song of Lawino, a long 1931)
• 1983 - Frank Reynolds, American television news anchor (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) 1923)
• 1987 - Richard Egan, American actor (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Richard Egan ( July 29, 1921 - July 20, 1987) was an American Actor. 1921)
• 1990 - Herbert Jenkins, Atlanta's longest serving police chief (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Herbert Turner Jenkins ( June 7, 1907 – July 20, 1990) was the longest serving Police chief of Atlanta. Chief of Police is the title typically given to the head of a Police department, particularly in North America. 1907)

• 1993 - Vincent Foster Jr., White House deputy counsel (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Vincent Walker Foster Jr ( January 15, 1945 &ndash July 20, 1993) was a Deputy White House Counsel during the first term of President 1945)
• 1999 - Sandra Gould, American actress (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Sandra Gould ( July 23, 1916 - July 20, 1999) was an American Actress. 1916)
• 2000 - Gregory Hill (also known as Malaclypse the Younger,) American writer (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Malaclypse the Younger (short Mal-2) was a pen name used by Gregory Hill in writing the Principia Discordia. Malaclypse the Younger (short Mal-2) was a pen name used by Gregory Hill in writing the Principia Discordia. 1941)
• 2003 - Nicolas Freeling, English writer (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Nicolas Freeling born Nicolas Davidson ( March 3, 1927 - July 20, 2003) was a British crime novelist, best known as the author of 1927)
• 2004 - Adi Lady Lala Mara, Fiji chieftainess, wife of Kamisese Mara (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Ro Lala Lady Mara, maiden name Litia Cakobau Lalabalavu Katoafutoga Tuisawau ( January 4 1931 &ndash July 20 2004) was Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara Kabakoro] GCMG KBE CF, ( May 6, 1920 &ndash April 18, 2004 1931)
• 2005 - James Doohan, Canadian-born actor (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Montgomery Doohan ( March 3, 1920 &ndash July 20, 2005) was a Canadian character and voice Actor 1920)
• 2005 - Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian politician (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Finn Gustavsen (April 22 1926 in Drammen – July 20 2005 was a Norwegian Socialist politician 1926)
• 2005 - Kayo Hatta, American film director (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kayo Hatta ( March 18, 1958 - July 20, 2005) was an American film director best known for her 1994 independent film Picture Bride 1958)
• 2006 - Ted Grant, British Trotskyist (b. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Edward (Ted Grant ( 9 July 1913 &ndash 20 July 2006) was a South African Trotskyist Politician who spent most of his adult 1913)
• 2006 - Gérard Oury, French filmmaker (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gérard Oury ( 29 April 1919, Paris – 20 July 2006, Saint-Tropez) was a French actor writer and producer 1919)
• 2007 - Tammy Faye Messner (Bakker), American televangelist (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Tamara "Tammy" Faye Messner ( March 7, 1942 – July 20, 2007) was an American Christian singer, evangelist 1942)

Holidays and observances

• Argentina - Día del Amigo (Friendship Day)
• Colombia - Independence Day
• St. Elias, Prophet
• St. Aurelius, bishop of Carthage
• Saint Thorlac, bishop, confessor (Translation), Norway
• St. Margaret of Antioch
• St. Margaret the Virgin

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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