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What happend on 20. July in History
In our data base we found 336 events happened on 20. July:
• 70: First Jewish–Roman War: Siege of Jerusalem – Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots. [category: Events]
• 810: Muhammad al-Bukhari, Muslim scholar (d. 870) [category: Births]
• 911: Rollo lays siege to Chartres. [category: Events]
• 940: Ibn Muqla, Abbasid vizier and calligrapher (b. 885) [category: Deaths]
• 985: Antipope Boniface VII (b. 930) [category: Deaths]
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• 1031: Robert II of France (b. 972) [category: Deaths]
• 1156: Emperor Toba of Japan (b. 1103) [category: Deaths]
• 1160: Peter Lombard, French theologian (b. 1096) [category: Deaths]
• 1304: Petrarch, Italian scholar and poet (d. 1374) [category: Births]
• 1304: Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle – King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf. [category: Events]
• 1320: Oshin, King of Armenia (b. 1282) [category: Deaths]
• 1351: Margareta Ebner, German nun (b. 1291) [category: Deaths]
• 1387: Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu (b. 1356) [category: Deaths]
• 1398: Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (b. 1374) [category: Deaths]
• 1402: Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara – Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I. [category: Events]
• 1453: Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French chronicler (b. 1400) [category: Deaths]
• 1454: John II of Castile (b. 1405) [category: Deaths]
• 1524: Claude of France (b. 1499) [category: Deaths]
• 1537: Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. 1604) [category: Births]
• 1616: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier (b. 1550) [category: Deaths]
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• 1620: Nikolaes Heinsius the Elder, Dutch scholar and poet (d. 1681) [category: Births]
• 1704: Peregrine White, English-American farmer and soldier (b. 1620) [category: Deaths]
• 1738: Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan. [category: Events]
• 1752: Johann Christoph Pepusch, German composer (b. 1667) [category: Deaths]
• 1754: Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1757: Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (d. 1811) [category: Births]
• 1762: Jakob Haibel, Austrian composer, tenor, and choirmaster (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1774: Auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1797: Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1799: Tekle Giyorgis I begins his first of five reigns as Emperor of Ethiopia. [category: Events]
• 1804: Richard Owen, English biologist (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1807: Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France. [category: Events]
• 1810: Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain. [category: Events]
• 1816: Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet (b. 1743) [category: Deaths]
• 1822: Gregor Mendel, German scientist (d. 1884) [category: Births]
• 1838: Augustin Daly, American playwright (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1838: George Otto Trevelyan, English statesman and biographer (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1847: Max Liebermann, German painter (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1849: Robert Anderson Van Wyck, American politician, 91st Mayor of New York City (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1852: Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1858: Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1864: Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1866: Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1868: Miron Cristea, Hungarian-Romanian cleric and politician, 1st Patriarch of All Romania (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1871: British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada. [category: Events]
• 1873: Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviator (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1876: Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1885: The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association. [category: Events]
• 1889: John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcasting executive (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1890: George II of Greece (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1893: George Llewelyn Davies, English soldier (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1895: László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1896: Eunice Sanborn, American super-centenarian (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1897: Tadeus Reichstein, Polish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1897: Jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Maurice Leyland, English cricketer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1901: Heinie Manush, American baseball player (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1901: William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Jimmy Kennedy, Irish composer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1903: Pope Leo XIII (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: The Ford Motor Company ships its first car. [category: Events]
• 1907: Abdul Rahman Abu Baka, Malaysian super-centenarian (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1908: Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Eric Rowan, South African cricketer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1909: Jean Focas, Greek-French astronomer (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1910: Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1911: Baqa Jilani, Indian cricketer (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1911: José Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1912: George Johnston, Australian journalist and novelist (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1914: Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1914: Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1918: Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1919: Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1920: Elliot Richardson, American politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1922: Alan Stephenson Boyd, American lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1922: Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1923: Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1923: Pancho Villa, Mexican general (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Mort Garson, Canadian composer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1924: Thomas Berger, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1925: Frantz Fanon, Indian psychiatrist and writer (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1925: Jacques Delors, French economist and politician [category: Births]
• 1926: Lola Albright, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1926: Patricia Cutts, English actress (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1926: Felix Dzerzhinsky, Soviet politician (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor and composer [category: Births]
• 1927: Ferdinand of Romania (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Peter Ind, English bassist and producer [category: Births]
• 1928: Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Mike Ilitch, American businessman, co-founded Little Caesars [category: Births]
• 1929: Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1930: Chuck Daly, American basketball coach (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1930: Giannis Agouris, Greek writer and journalist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1930: Sally Ann Howes, English-American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1931: Tony Marsh, English race car driver (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1932: Nam June Paik, South Korean-American artist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1932: Otto Schily, German politician [category: Births]
• 1932: Ove Verner Hansen, Danish actor [category: Births]
• 1932: René Bazin, French novelist (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1933: Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1933: Cormac McCarthy, American author [category: Births]
• 1933: Rex Williams, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1934: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1934: Doug Padgett, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1934: Uwe Johnson, German writer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1934: 1934 West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, Washington, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks. [category: Events]
• 1934: Labor unrest in the U.S.: as police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven. [category: Events]
• 1935: Ted Rogers, English comedian (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1935: Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen. [category: Events]
• 1936: Barbara Mikulski, American politician [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1937: Dick Hafer, American Christian cartoonist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1937: Ken Ogata, Japanese actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1937: Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and inventor, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Diana Rigg, English actress [category: Births]
• 1938: Natalie Wood, American actress (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1938: Roger Hunt, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1938: Tony Oliva, Cuban baseball player [category: Births]
• 1938: The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York, New York against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948. [category: Events]
• 1939: Judy Chicago, American artist and writer [category: Births]
• 1940: California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway. [category: Events]
• 1940: Denmark leaves the League of Nations. [category: Events]
• 1941: Kurt Raab, German actor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1941: Periklis Korovesis, Greek author and journalist [category: Births]
• 1941: Lew Fields, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrenti Beria its chief. [category: Events]
• 1942: Pete Hamilton, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1942: Ron Bowden, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1943: Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1943: Chris Amon, New Zealand race car driver [category: Births]
• 1943: Wendy Richard, English actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1944: Olivier de Kersauson, French sailor [category: Births]
• 1944: Ludwig Beck, German general, part of 20 July plot (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Mildred Harris, American actress (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. [category: Events]
• 1945: Bo Rein, American football player and coach (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1945: Harrison Ellenshaw, American special effects artist [category: Births]
• 1945: John Lodge, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Moody Blues) [category: Births]
• 1945: Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer-songwriter (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1945: Kim Carnes, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1945: Larry Craig, American politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Randal Kleiser, American director [category: Births]
• 1947: Carlos Santana, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Santana) [category: Births]
• 1947: Gerd Binnig, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1948: Muse Watson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war. [category: Events]
• 1950: Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Cold War: In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs. [category: Events]
• 1951: Jeff Rawle, English actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Abdullah I of Jordan (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: William, German Crown Prince (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem. [category: Events]
• 1952: Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Dan Shaughnessy, American writer [category: Births]
• 1953: Dave Evans, Australian singer (AC/DC and Rabbit) [category: Births]
• 1953: Marcia Hines, American-Australian singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Thomas Friedman, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1953: Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian politician, 33rd President of Haiti (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Jan Struther, English author (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Jay Jay French, American guitarist (Twisted Sister) [category: Births]
• 1954: Larry Levan, American DJ and producer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1954: Moira Harris, American actress [category: Births]
• 1954: Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany. [category: Events]
• 1955: Jem Finer, English musician and composer (The Pogues) [category: Births]
• 1955: Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Jim Prentice, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Michael Gordon, American composer [category: Births]
• 1956: Paul Cook, English drummer (Sex Pistols, The Professionals, Chiefs of Relief, and Man Raze) [category: Births]
• 1956: Ryo Ishibashi, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1956: James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Donna Dixon, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Billy Mays, American advertising salesman (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1958: Mick MacNeil, Scottish keyboard player and composer (Simple Minds) [category: Births]
• 1958: Peter Fraßmann, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1959: Radney Foster, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Foster & Lloyd) [category: Births]
• 1959: William D. Leahy, American admiral (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Claudio Langes, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1960: Prvoslav Vujčić, Serbian writer [category: Births]
• 1960: Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government. [category: Events]
• 1960: The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1961: Óscar Elías Biscet, Cuban doctor and activist, founder of the Lawton Foundation [category: Births]
• 1961: French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte. [category: Events]
• 1962: Carlos Alazraqui, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1962: Giovanna Amati, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1962: Lee Harris, English drummer (Talk Talk and .O.rang) [category: Births]
• 1963: Frank Whaley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Bernd Schneider, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 1964: Chris Cornell, American singer-songwriter and musician (Soundgarden, Audioslave, and Temple of the Dog) [category: Births]
• 1964: Dean Winters, American actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Kool G Rap, American rapper and producer (Juice Crew) [category: Births]
• 1964: Terri Irwin, American-Australian naturalist and author [category: Births]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 1965: Jess Walter, American author [category: Births]
• 1966: Agot Isidro, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Anton du Beke, English dancer [category: Births]
• 1966: Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexican politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Stone Gossard, American singer-songwriter and musician (Pearl Jam, Mother Love Bone, Brad, Temple of the Dog, and Green River) [category: Births]
• 1967: Courtney Taylor-Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dandy Warhols) [category: Births]
• 1967: Reed Diamond, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian director [category: Births]
• 1968: Jimmy Carson, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Julian Rhind-Tutt, English actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Michael Park, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: The first Special Olympics is held. [category: Events]
• 1969: Giovanni Lombardi, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1969: Josh Holloway, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Kreso Kovacec, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Tobi Vail, American singer, musician, and activist (Bikini Kill, The Go Team, The Frumpies, Some Velvet Sidewalk, and The Old Haunts) [category: Births]
• 1969: Roy Hamilton, American singer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, 6 days after the beginning of the "Football War". [category: Events]
• 1969: Apollo program: Apollo 11 successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon almost 7 hours later. (US Time) [category: Events]
• 1970: Iain Macleod, English politician (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Charles Johnson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: DJ Screw, American rapper and DJ (Screwed Up Click) (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1971: Ed Giddins, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1971: Sandra Oh, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Erik Ullenhag, Swedish jurist and politician [category: Births]
• 1972: Jozef Stümpel, Slovak ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Vitamin C, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Geeta Dutt, Indian singer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Claudio Reyna, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1973: Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway [category: Births]
• 1973: Mads Rieper, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Nixon McLean, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1973: Omar Epps, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Robert Smithson, American artist (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Bengie Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Phofo, American composer [category: Births]
• 1974: Simon Rex, American actor and model [category: Births]
• 1974: Turkish occupation of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'etat, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios. [category: Events]
• 1975: Atiq-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1975: Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1975: El Zorro, Mexican wrestler [category: Births]
• 1975: Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Judy Greer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Ray Allen, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Alex Yoong, Malaysian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1976: Andrew Stockdale, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wolfmother) [category: Births]
• 1976: Debashish Mohanty, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1976: Erica Hill, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1976: Joseph Rochefort, American navy officer and cryptanalyst (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars. [category: Events]
• 1977: Alessandro Santos, Brazilian-Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Kiki Musampa, Congolese footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Yves Niaré, French shot putter (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1977: Gary Kellgren, American music producer, co-founded Record Plant (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Johnstown, Pennsylvania is hit by a flash flood that kills eighty and causes $350 million in damage. [category: Events]
• 1977: The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments. [category: Events]
• 1978: Charlie Korsmo, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Elliott Yamin, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1978: Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Tamsyn Manou, Australian athlete [category: Births]
• 1978: Will Solomon, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Claudine Barretto, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1979: David Ortega, Spanish swimmer [category: Births]
• 1979: Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1980: Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model and actress [category: Births]
• 1980: The United Nations Security Council votes 14-0 that member states should not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. [category: Events]
• 1981: Damien Delaney, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Lowkey, American rapper and producer [category: Births]
• 1981: Thorsten Engelmann, German rower [category: Births]
• 1981: Kostas Choumis, Greek-Romanian footballer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Percy Daggs III, American actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Okot p'Bitek, Ugandan poet (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1983: Frank Reynolds, American journalist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Alexi Casilla, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Matt Gilroy, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Anastasia Perraki, Greek model [category: Births]
• 1985: David Mundy, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: John Francis Daley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Solenn Heussaff, French-Filipino actress, singer, and fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1985: The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles. [category: Events]
• 1987: Richard Egan, American actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Julianne Hough, American singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1988: Stephen Strasburg, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1989: Cristian Pasquato, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Javier Cortés, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Witwisit Hirunwongkul, Thai actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Forrest H. Anderson, American politician and judge, 17th Governor of Montana (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest. [category: Events]
• 1990: Herbert Turner Jenkins, American police chief (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: William Tomlin, English actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia. [category: Events]
• 1993: Vince Foster, American lawyer, Deputy White House Counsel (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Billi Bruno, American actress [category: Births]
• 1997: The fully restored USS Constitution (aka Old Ironsides) celebrates her 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years. [category: Events]
• 1998: June Byers, American wrestler (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Princess Alexandra of Hanover [category: Births]
• 1999: Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Falun Gong is banned in China, and a large scale crackdown of the practice is launched. [category: Events]
• 2000: Gregory Hill American writer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Carlo Giuliani, Italian activist (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Nicolas Freeling, English writer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Lala Mara, Fijian politician (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Scott Andrew Mink, American convicted murderer (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: James Doohan, Canadian actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Kayo Hatta, American director (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Gérard Oury, French director and producer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Ted Grant, South African-English theorist, writer, and activist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Tammy Faye Messner, American talk show host, singer, and author (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Artie Traum, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Mark Rosenzweig, American psychologist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots) (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Lucian Freud, German-English painter (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alastair Burnet, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson, English politician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Goldie Rogers, Canadian wrestler (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hisham Ikhtiyar, Syrian military officer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jack Davis, American hurdler (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: José Hermano Saraiva, Portuguese historian and jurist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sherman Pendergarst, American mixed martial artist (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Simon Ward, English actor (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: During a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises, a gunman opens fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58. [category: Events]
• 356_bc: Alexander the Great, Macedonian king (d. 323 BC) [category: Births]
• _: Apollinaris of Ravenna [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Aurelius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Elijah [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Friend's Day (Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Colombia from Spain in 1810. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: July 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Margaret the Virgin [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Thorlac (relic translation) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Wilgefortis (cult suppressed) [category: Holidays and observances]