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 201^st 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, 486,936 hours 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.

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.

July 20 Historical Events

• 1402 –
  Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara – Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I.
• 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.
• 1871 –
  British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
• 1934 –
  1934 West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, 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.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
• 1949 –
  Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war.
• 1960 –
  Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world’s first elected female head of government.
• 1968 –
  The first Special Olympics is held.
• 1977 –
  Johnstown, Pennsylvania is hit by a flash flood that kills eighty and causes $350 million in damage.
• 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?

• 1876 –
  Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician (d. 1944)
• 1890 –
  King George II of Greece (d. 1947)
• 1942 –
  Pete Hamilton, American race car driver
• 1957 –
  Donna Dixon, American actress
• 1964 –
  Terri Irwin, American naturalist; widow of Steve Irwin
• 1967 –
  Courtney Taylor-Taylor, American musician (The Dandy Warhols)
• 1971 –
  Sandra Oh, Korean Canadian actress
• 1976 –
  Alex Yoong, Malaysian racing driver
• 1979 –
  Claudine Barretto, Filipino actress
• 1984 –
  Matt Gilroy, American Hockey Player

Who died on July 20?

• 1454 –
  King John II of Castile (b. 1405)
• 1524 –
  Claude of France, wife of Francis I of France (b. 1499)
• 1941 –
  Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867)
• 1955 –
  Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)
• 1973 –
  Robert Smithson, American land artist (b. 1938)
• 1990 –
  Herbert Jenkins, American law enforcement official (b. 1907)
• 2004 –
  Adi Lady Lala Mara, Fijian chieftainess (b. 1931)
• 2004 –
  Scott Andrew Mink, American convicted murderer (b. 1963)
• 2006 –
  Gérard Oury, French filmmaker (b. 1919)
• 2007 –
  Tammy Faye Messner (Bakker), American televangelist (b. 1942)