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
- 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.
- 1871 –British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
- 1903 –The Ford Motor Company ships its first car.
- 1944 –World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
- 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).
- 1968 –The first Special Olympics is held.
- 1974 –Turkish occupation of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'etat, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
- 1976 –The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
- 1977 –Johnstown, Pennsylvania is hit by a flash flood that kills eighty and causes $350 million in damage.
- 1999 –Falun Gong is banned in the People’s Republic of China, and a large scale crackdown of the practice is launched.
Who were born on July 20?
- 1537 –Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. 1604)
- 1797 –Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. 1873)
- 1868 –Miron Cristea, 1st Patriarch of All Romania (d. 1939)
- 1925 –Frantz Fanon, West Indian psychiatrist and writer (d. 1961)
- 1926 –Patricia Cutts, English actress (d. 1974)
- 1937 –Ken Ogata, Japanese actor (d. 2008)
- 1953 –Dave Evans, Australian singer (AC/DC)
- 1956 –Paul Cook, English musician (The Sex Pistols)
- 1972 –Jozef Stümpel, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1979 –David Ortega, Spanish freestyle swimmer
Who died on July 20?
- 1351 –Margaretha Ebner, German visionary (b. 1291)
- 1387 –Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu (b. 1356)
- 1454 –King John II of Castile (b. 1405)
- 1951 –King Abdullah I of Jordan (b. 1882)
- 1955 –Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)
- 1982 –Okot p'Bitek, Ugandan poet (b. 1931)
- 2001 –Carlo Giuliani, Italian anarchist (b. 1978)
- 2004 –Scott Andrew Mink, American convicted murderer (b. 1963)
- 2005 –Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1926)
- 2007 –Tammy Faye Messner (Bakker), American televangelist (b. 1942)
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