What happened this day in history July 20

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, 478,176 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 ‘dihectadigon’ 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 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

  • 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.
  • 1738
    Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1951
    King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
  • 1961
    French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
  • 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 another world almost 7 hours later.
  • 1976
    The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
  • 1977
    The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments.
  • 1992
    Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.

Who were born on July 20?

  • 1895
    László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)
  • 1919
    Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (d. 2008)
  • 1932
    Ove Verner Hansen, Danish actor
  • 1953
    Thomas Friedman, American journalist
  • 1962
    Carlos Alazraqui, American actor and comedian
  • 1967
    Reed Diamond, American actor
  • 1973
    Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1976
    Alex Yoong, Malaysian racing driver
  • 1980
    Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model
  • 1985
    Anastasia Perraki, Greek fashion model

Who died on July 20?

  • 1398
    Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, English noble (b. 1374)
  • 1453
    Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French chronicler
  • 1454
    King John II of Castile (b. 1405)
  • 1901
    William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
  • 1926
    Felix Dzerzhinsky, Soviet law enforcement official (b. 1877)
  • 1927
    King Ferdinand I of Romania (b. 1865)
  • 1937
    Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1874)
  • 1945
    Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
  • 2003
    Nicolas Freeling, English writer (b. 1927)
  • 2005
    James Doohan, Canadian actor (b. 1920)

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