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 202nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 164 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 7, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,721,433,600 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 ‘dihectadigon’ 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 193 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 4,229 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 20 Historical Events
- 1807 –Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon Bonaparte for the Pyréolophore, the world’s first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.
- 1810 –Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain.
- 1903 –The Ford Motor Company ships its first car.
- 1935 –Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
- 1940 –Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
- 1951 –King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
- 1954 –Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany’s secret service, defects to East Germany.
- 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).
- 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.
- 1989 –Burma’s ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
Who were born on July 20?
- 1868 –Miron Cristea, 1st Patriarch of All Romania (d. 1939)
- 1934 –Doug Padgett, English cricketer
- 1945 –Harrison Ellenshaw, American matte painter
- 1946 –Randal Kleiser, American film director
- 1947 –Gerd Binnig, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1950 –Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress
- 1953 –Thomas Friedman, American journalist
- 1979 –Claudine Barretto, Filipino actress
- 1980 –Mike Kennerty, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects)
- 1988 –Julianne Hough, American ballroom dancer
Who died on July 20?
- 985 –Pope Boniface VII
- 1320 –King Oshin of Armenia (b. 1282)
- 1923 –Francisco “Pancho” Villa, Mexican rebel (b. 1878)
- 1951 –King Abdullah I of Jordan (b. 1882)
- 1959 –William D. Leahy, American admiral (b. 1875)
- 1973 –Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (b. 1940)
- 1999 –Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
- 2004 –Adi Lady Lala Mara, Fijian chieftainess (b. 1931)
- 2005 –Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1926)
- 2005 –Kayo Hatta, American film director (b. 1958)
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