What are the important events that happened on July 20? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 20: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 20 is the 201st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 164 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 7, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,752,969,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectahenagon’ day.
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Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 212 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,594 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 20 Historical Events
- 1304 –Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle – King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.
- 1738 –Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
- 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.
- 1922 –The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
- 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.
- 1940 –Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
- 1941 –Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrenti Beria its chief.
- 1944 –World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
- 1960 –Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world’s first elected female head of government.
- 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.
Who were born on July 20?
- 810 –Imam Bukhari, Muslim scholar and compiler of Hadith (d. 870)
- 1954 –Moira Harris, American actress
- 1966 –Anton du Beke, British ballroom dancer
- 1967 –Courtney Taylor-Taylor, American musician (The Dandy Warhols)
- 1968 –Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian director
- 1973 –Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
- 1974 –Phofo, American musician
- 1975 –Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer
- 1989 –Witwisit Hirunwongkul, Thai actor
- 1997 –Billi Bruno, American actress
Who died on July 20?
- 985 –Pope Boniface VII
- 1031 –King Robert II of France (b. 972)
- 1351 –Margaretha Ebner, German visionary (b. 1291)
- 1453 –Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French chronicler
- 1941 –Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867)
- 1973 –Robert Smithson, American land artist (b. 1938)
- 1981 –Kostas Choumis, Greek-Romanian footballer (b. 1913)
- 1987 –Richard Egan, American actor (b. 1921)
- 2003 –Nicolas Freeling, English writer (b. 1927)
- 2005 –James Doohan, Canadian actor (b. 1920)
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