Today is July 20
Nap Day
Chess Day
Special Olympics Day
Get to Know Your Customers Day
Moon Day (Lunar Landing in 1969)
Food Holidays
National Lollipop Day
Cinnamon Lollipops
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National Ice Cream Soda Day
Cherry Italian Cream Soda
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Fortune Cookie Day
Fortune Cookies Recipe
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Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day
Watermelon Sherbet
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Today in History – Interesting Highlights
Holidays and Observances
Christian Feast Day:
Apollinaris of Ravenna
Aurelius
Elijah
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman (Episcopal Church (USA))
Margaret the Virgin
Thorlac (relic translation)
July 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Friend’s Day (Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Colombia from Spain in 1810.
In the News
1903 – The Ford Motor Company ships its first car.
1917 – World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
1922 – The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
1932 – In Washington, D.C., police fire tear gas on World War I veterans, part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, who attempt to march to the White House.
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.
1934 – 1934 West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, Washington, 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.
1935 – Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
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.
1938 – The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York, New York against the motion picture industry charging violations of theSherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
1940 – Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
1940 – California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
1941 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrenti Beriaits chief.
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.
1950 – Cold War: In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientistKlaus Fuchs.
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.
1960 – Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world’s first elected female head of government.
1960 – The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.
1961 – French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
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 International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11 successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong andBuzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon almost 7 hours later. (US Time)
1969 – A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, 6 days after the beginning of the “Football War”.
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.
1977 – The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments.
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.
1985 – The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
1989 – Burma’s ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
1992 – Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
1997 – The fully restored USS Constitution (aka Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
1999 – The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
2012 – A gunman (later revealed to be James Eagan Holmes), opens fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.
2013 – 17 government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.
Music
872 – Composer Deodat de Severac was born.
1940 – “Billboard” magazine published its first listing of best-selling singles. 10 songs were on the list.
1965 – Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” was released.
1965 – Lovin’ Spoonful’s first record, “Do You Believe in Magic,” was released.
1968 – Jane Asher announced that Paul McCartney has broken off their engagement.
1974 – Joey Ramone became the lead vocalist for the Ramones.
1975 – Steve Van Zandt performed for the first time in concert as a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.
1979 – Electric Light Orchestra took out advertisements dedicating the release of “Don’t Bring Me Down” to Skylab.
1986 – “Sid and Nancy,” a film biography of the Sex Pistols, premiered in London.
1987 – Production was completed on Prince’s third movie, “Sign O’ The Times” in Minneapolis, MN.
1996 – Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) was arrested for assault and then later released after playing on the Lollapalooza ’96 tour in North Carolina.
2010 – In New York, Ice-T was arrested for driving with a suspended license.
Movies
Movies Released on July 20
1968 – The Devil Rides Out released theatrically
1979 – Dracula (1979) released theatrically
1999 – The Haunting (1999) released theatrically
2001 – Jeepers Creepers released theatrically
Television
1935 - 1st broadcast of “Gang Busters” on NBC-radio
1950 - “Arthur Murray Party” premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)
Sports
1906 - Bkln Dodger Mal Eason no-hits St Louis Cards, 2-0
1911 - Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
1912 - Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in 1 game
1923 - Yanks hit into a triple-play but beat A’s 9-2
1944 - Browns Nelson Potter is 1st pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs
1956 - Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs
1975 - 30th US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer
Famous Births
1900 – Maurice Leyland, English cricketer and coach (d. 1967)
1901 – Heinie Manush, American baseball player and manager (d. 1971)
1902 – Jimmy Kennedy, Irish songwriter (d. 1984)
1909 – Jean Focas, Greek-French astronomer (d. 1969)
1909 – Eric Rowan, South African cricketer (d. 1993)
1910 – Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer (d. 2004)
1911 – Baqa Jilani, Indian cricketer (d. 1941)
1911 – José Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (d. 1985)
1912 – George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (d. 1970)
1914 – Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (d. 2005)
1914 – Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal (d. 2013)
1918 – Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 2006)
1919 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (d. 2008)
1920 – Elliot Richardson, American lieutenant and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1999)
1921 – Henri Alleg, English-French journalist (d. 2013)
1922 – Alan Stephenson Boyd, American lawyer and politician
1923 – Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005)
1924 – Thomas Berger, American author
1924 – Mort Garson, Canadian-American songwriter and composer (d. 2008)
1925 – Lola Albright, American actress and singer
1925 – Jacques Delors, French economist and politician, 8th President of the European Commission
1925 – Frantz Fanon, French–Algerian psychiatrist (d. 1961)
1926 – Patricia Cutts, English actress (d. 1974)
1927 – Barbara Bergmann, American feminist economist
1927 – Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor and composer
1927 – Ian P. Howard, English-Canadian psychologist (d. 2013)
1928 – Józef Czyrek, Polish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Poland (d. 2013)
1928 – Peter Ind, English bassist and producer
1929 – Hazel Hawke, Australian wife of Bob Hawke (d. 2013)
1929 – Mike Ilitch, American businessman, co-founded Little Caesars
1929 – Rajendra Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor and producer (d. 1999)
1930 – Giannis Agouris, Greek journalist and author (d. 2006)
1930 – Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)
1930 – William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author (d. 2010)
1930 – Sally Ann Howes, English-American singer and actress
1931 – Tony Marsh, English race car driver (d. 2009)
1932 – Dick Giordano, American illustrator (d. 2010)
1932 – Ove Verner Hansen, Danish opera singer and actor
1932 – Nam June Paik, South Korean-American director (d. 2006)
1932 – Otto Schily, German politician
1933 – Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
1933 – Cormac McCarthy, American author
1933 – Rex Williams, English snooker player
1934 – Uwe Johnson, German scholar (d. 1984)
1934 – Doug Padgett, English cricketer and manager
1934 – Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress (d. 1996)
1935 – Ted Rogers, English comedian and television host (d. 2001)
1936 – Alistair MacLeod, Canadian author and academic (d. 2014)
1936 – Barbara Mikulski, American politician
1937 – Dick Hafer, American illustrator (d. 2003)
1937 – Ken Ogata, Japanese actor (d. 2008)
1938 – Roger Hunt, English footballer
1938 – Tony Oliva, Cuban-American baseball player
1938 – Diana Rigg, English actress and singer
1938 – Natalie Wood, American actress and singer (d. 1981)
1939 – Judy Chicago, American painter and sculptor
1941 – Don Chuy, American football player (d. 2014)
1941 – Periklis Korovesis, Greek author and journalist
1941 – Kurt Raab, German actor, screenwriter, and production designer (d. 1988)
1942 – Ron Bowden, Australian politician
1942 – Pete Hamilton, American race car racer
1942 – Stephenie McMillan, English set decorator (d. 2013)
1943 – Chris Amon, New Zealand race car driver
1943 – Carolyne Barry, American dancer and actress
1943 – Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (d. 2010)
1943 – Wendy Richard, English actress (d. 2009)
1944 – Olivier de Kersauson, French sailor
1944 – Francis Ray, American author (d. 2013)
1945 – Kim Carnes, American singer-songwriter
1945 – Larry Craig, American politician
1945 – Harrison Ellenshaw, American special effects artist
1945 – John Lodge, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Moody Blues)
1945 – Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1945 – Bo Rein, American football player and coach (d. 1980)
1946 – Randal Kleiser, American actor, director, and producer
1947 – Gerd Binnig, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1947 – Carlos Santana, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Santana)
1948 – Muse Watson, American actor
1950 – Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress
1950 – Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor
1951 – Jeff Rawle, English actor and screenwriter
1952 – Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
1953 – Dave Evans, Welsh-Australian singer-songwriter (AC/DC and Rabbit)
1953 – Thomas Friedman, American journalist
1953 – Marcia Hines, American-Australian singer and actress
1953 – Dan Shaughnessy, American journalist
1954 – Moira Harris, American actress
1954 – Jay Jay French, American guitarist and producer (Twisted Sister)
1954 – Larry Levan, American DJ and producer (d. 1992)
1955 – René-Daniel Dubois, Canadian actor and playwright
1955 – Jem Finer, English banjo player and songwriter (The Pogues)
1956 – Paul Cook, English drummer (Sex Pistols, The Professionals, Chiefs of Relief, and Man Raze)
1956 – Michael Gordon, American composer
1956 – Ryo Ishibashi, Japanese actor
1956 – Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician
1956 – Barbara Risman, American sociologist
1957 – Donna Dixon, American actress
1958 – Peter Fraßmann, German footballer
1958 – Mick MacNeil, Scottish keyboard player and songwriter (Simple Minds)
1958 – Billy Mays, American salesman (d. 2009)
1959 – Radney Foster, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Foster & Lloyd)
1960 – Claudio Langes, Italian race car driver
1960 – Prvoslav Vujčić, Serbian Canadian poet
1961 – Óscar Elías Biscet, Cuban doctor and activist, founded the Lawton Foundation
1962 – Carlos Alazraqui, American actor, screenwriter, and producer
1962 – Giovanna Amati, Italian race car driver
1962 – Lee Harris, English drummer (Talk Talk and .O.rang)
1963 – Frank Whaley, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1963 – Alexander Zhulin, Russian ice dancer
1964 – Chris Cornell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog, and Center for Disease Control Boys)
1964 – Terri Irwin, American-Australian zoologist and author
1964 – Kool G Rap, American rapper and producer (Juice Crew)
1964 – Bernd Schneider, German race car driver
1964 – Dean Winters, American actor
1965 – Jess Walter, American author
1966 – Anton du Beke, English dancer
1966 – Stone Gossard, American singer-songwriter and musician (Pearl Jam, Mother Love Bone, Brad, Temple of the Dog, and Green River)
1966 – Agot Isidro, Filipino actress
1966 – Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexican politician, 57th President of Mexico
1967 – Reed Diamond, American actor
1967 – Indra, Swedish singer
1967 – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dandy Warhols)
1968 – Jimmy Carson, American ice hockey player
1968 – Michael Park, American actor
1968 – Julian Rhind-Tutt, English actor
1968 – Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian-American director, screenwriter, and voice actor
1969 – Josh Holloway, American actor
1969 – Kreso Kovacec, German footballer
1969 – Giovanni Lombardi, Italian cyclist
1969 – Tobi Vail, American singer and guitarist (Bikini Kill, The Go Team, The Frumpies, Some Velvet Sidewalk, and The Old Haunts)
1971 – Ed Giddins, English cricketer
1971 – Charles Johnson, American baseball player
1971 – Sandra Oh, Canadian actress
1971 – DJ Screw, American rapper and DJ (Screwed Up Click) (d. 2000)
1972 – Vitamin C, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1972 – Jozef Stümpel, Slovak ice hockey player
1972 – Erik Ullenhag, Swedish jurist and politician
1973 – Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
1973 – Omar Epps, American actor, rapper, and producer
1973 – Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1973 – Nixon McLean, Caribbean cricketer
1973 – Roberto Orci, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer
1973 – Claudio Reyna, American soccer player
1973 – Mads Rieper, Danish footballer
1974 – Bengie Molina, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1974 – Simon Rex, American actor and rapper
1975 – Ray Allen, American basketball player
1975 – Judy Greer, American actress
1975 – Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer
1975 – Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish politician
1975 – Atiq-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
1976 – Erica Hill, American journalist
1976 – Debashish Mohanty, Indian cricketer and coach
1976 – Andrew Stockdale, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wolfmother)
1976 – Alex Yoong, Malaysian race car driver
1977 – Kiki Musampa, Congolese footballer
1977 – Yves Niaré, French shot putter (d. 2012)
1977 – Alessandro Santos, Brazilian-Japanese footballer
1978 – Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player
1978 – Charlie Korsmo, American actor and lawyer
1978 – Tamsyn Manou, Australian runner
1978 – Andrus Murumets, Estonian strongman
1978 – Chris Sligh, American singer-songwriter and producer (Half Past Forever)
1978 – Will Solomon, American basketball player
1978 – Elliott Yamin, American singer-songwriter
1978 – Ieva Zunda, Latvian runner
1979 – Claudine Barretto, Filipino actress
1979 – Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (d. 2004)
1979 – David Ortega, Spanish swimmer
1979 – Charlotte Hatherley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ash and Nightnurse)
1980 – Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model and actress
1980 – Tes Bramble, English-born Montserratian footballer
1981 – Lowkey, American rapper and producer
1981 – Damien Delaney, Irish footballer
1981 – Thorsten Engelmann, German rower
1982 – Percy Daggs III, American actor
1982 – Antoine Vermette, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Alexi Casilla, Dominican baseball player
1984 – Matt Gilroy, American ice hockey player
1985 – Solenn Heussaff, French-Filipino actress, singer, and fashion designer
1985 – John Francis Daley, American actor and screenwriter
1985 – David Mundy, Australian footballer
1985 – Anastasia Perraki, Greek model
1987 – Niall McGinn, Irish footballer
1988 – Julianne Hough, American singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer
1988 – Stephen Strasburg, American baseball player
1989 – Javier Cortés, Mexican footballer
1989 – Witwisit Hiranyawongkul, Thai actor and singer
1989 – Cristian Pasquato, Italian footballer
1991 – Philipp Reiter, German mountaineer and runner
1991 – Andrew Shaw, Canadian ice hockey player
1999 – Princess Alexandra of Hanover
Deaths
1901 – William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
1903 – Pope Leo XIII (b. 1810)
1908 – Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (b. 1835)
1908 – Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist (b. 1881)
1922 – Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (b. 1856)
1923 – Pancho Villa, Mexican general (b. 1878)
1926 – Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian politician (b. 1877)
1927 – Ferdinand I of Romania (b. 1865)
1928 – Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (b. 1896)
1932 – René Bazin, French author (b. 1853)
1937 – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
1941 – Lew Fields, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
1944 – Ludwig Beck, German general (b. 1880)
1944 – Mildred Harris, American actress (b. 1901)
1945 – Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
1951 – Abdullah I of Jordan (b. 1882)
1951 – Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (b. 1882)
1953 – Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian politician, 33rd President of Haiti (b. 1900)
1953 – Jan Struther, English author (b. 1901)
1955 – Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)
1956 – James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1868)
1959 – William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1875)
1968 – Bray Hammond, American author (b. 1886)
1969 – Roy Hamilton, American singer (b. 1929)
1970 – Iain Macleod, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1913)
1972 – Geeta Dutt, Indian singer (b. 1930)
1973 – Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (b. 1940)
1973 – Robert Smithson, American photographer and sculptor (b. 1938)
1976 – Joseph Rochefort, American captain and cryptanalyst (b. 1900)
1977 – Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (b. 1939)
1981 – Kostas Choumis, Greek-Romanian footballer (b. 1913)
1982 – Okot p’Bitek, Ugandan poet (b. 1931)
1983 – Frank Reynolds, American journalist (b. 1923)
1987 – Richard Egan, American actor (b. 1921)
1989 – Forrest H. Anderson, American judge and politician, 17th Governor of Montana (b. 1913)
1990 – Herbert Turner Jenkins, American police officer (b. 1907)
1993 – Vince Foster, American lawyer, Deputy White House Counsel (b. 1945)
1998 – June Byers, American wrestler (b. 1922)
1999 – Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
2000 – Malaclypse the Younger American author (b. 1941)
2001 – Carlo Giuliani, Italian activist (b. 1978)
2002 – Michalis Kritikopoulos Greek footballer (b. 1946)
2003 – Lauri Aus, Estonian cyclist (b. 1970)
2003 – Nicolas Freeling, English author (b. 1927)
2004 – Lala Mara, Fijian politician (b. 1931)
2004 – Valdemaras Martinkėnas, Lithuanian football player and coach (b. 1965)
2004 – Scott Andrew Mink, American murderer (b. 1963)
2005 – James Doohan, Canadian actor (b. 1920)
2005 – Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1926)
2005 – Kayo Hatta, American director and cinematographer (b. 1958)
2006 – Ted Grant, South African-English theorist and activist (b. 1913)
2006 – Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)
2007 – Tammy Faye Messner, American talk show host, singer, and author (b. 1942)
2008 – Artie Traum, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1943)
2009 – Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots) (b. 1957)
2009 – Mark Rosenzweig, American psychologist (b. 1922)
2011 – Lucian Freud, German-English painter (b. 1922)
2012 – Alastair Burnet, English journalist (b. 1928)
2012 – Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson, English politician (b. 1928)
2012 – Jack Davis, American hurdler (b. 1930)
2012 – Goldie Rogers, Canadian wrestler (b. 1950)
2012 – Hisham Ikhtiyar, Syrian general (b. 1941)
2012 – Sherman Pendergarst, American mixed martial artist (b. 1966)
2012 – José Hermano Saraiva, Portuguese historian and jurist (b. 1919)
2012 – Simon Ward, English actor (b. 1941)
2013 – Efstathios Alexandris, Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
2013 – Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (b. 1926)
2013 – Khurshed Alam Khan, Indian politician, 2nd Governor of Goa (b. 1919)
2013 – Mark Mahowald, American mathematician (b. 1931)
2013 – Augustus Rowe, Canadian physician and politician (b. 1920)
2013 – David Spenser, Sri Lankan-English actor (b. 1934)
2013 – Helen Thomas, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
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