Birthday July 20, 1304 Petrarch, in Italy, poet
Birthday July 20, 1785 Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan, Westernizer, reformer.
Birthday July 20, 1864 Erik Karlfeldt, Swedish poet (Nobel 1918-refused; 1931-posthumous).
Birthday July 20, 1890 Theda Bara, Actress (Under Two Flags, Cleopatra). (or 0729)
Birthday July 20, 1919 Sir Edmund Hillary born
Birthday July 20, 1919 Sir Edmund Hillary, one of 1st two men to scale Mt. Everest.
Birthday July 20, 1920 Elliot L. Richardson, former US attorney general.
Birthday July 20, 1924 Lola Albright, Actress.
Birthday July 20, 1930 Sally Ann Howes, in London England
Birthday July 20, 1933 Nelson Doubleday, Publisher
Birthday July 20, 1933 Acclaimed author Cormac McCarthy is born
Birthday July 20, 1938 Diana Rigg, in Doncaster Engl, (Mrs. Peele in The Avengers).
Birthday July 20, 1938 Natalie Wood, Actress in SF
Birthday July 20, 1938 JoAnn Campbell, in Fla - Lawrence Welk's champagne lady
Birthday July 20, 1941 Vladimir A. Lyakhov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 32, T-9).
Birthday July 20, 1944 T. J. Shephard, Country singer
Birthday July 20, 1946 Kim Carnes
Birthday July 20, 1947 Carlos Santana, musician.
Birthday July 20, 1957 Donna Dixon
Birthday July 20, 1970 1st baby born on Alcatraz Island
History July 20, 1780 Mad Anthony Wayne loses to Loyalists in New Jersey
History July 20, 1810 Columbia gains independence
History July 20, 1859 Admission fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50›)
History July 20, 1864 Confederates attack at the Battle of Peachtree Creek
History July 20, 1871 British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province.
History July 20, 1878 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii.
History July 20, 1881 Sitting Bull surrenders
History July 20, 1889 Homesteaders murdered by Wyoming ranchers
History July 20, 1914 Caillaux trial begins in Paris
History July 20, 1923 Yanks hit into a triple play but beat A's 9-2
History July 20, 1941 Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17
History July 20, 1944 Assassination plot against Hitler fails
History July 20, 1944 US invaded Japanese-occupied Guam in WWII
History July 20, 1948 Truman issues peacetime draft
History July 20, 1949 Israel's 19 month war of independence ends
History July 20, 1951 King of Jordan assassinated
History July 20, 1956 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike outs
History July 20, 1960 1st submerged submarine to fire Polaris missile (George Washington)
History July 20, 1960 USSR recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space.
History July 20, 1963 Jan and Dean's Surf City hits #1
History July 20, 1964 Viet Cong troops overrun town
History July 20, 1969 1st men on the Moon Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin Apollo 11
History July 20, 1969 Nixon watches first lunar landing
History July 20, 1969 Duck Hook plan completed
History July 20, 1972 U.S. government study disputes Nader's charges against Corvair
History July 20, 1973 Bruce Lee dies at age 32
History July 20, 1976 US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia 1st Martian landing.
History July 20, 1976 Viking 1 lands on Mars
History July 20, 1977 Second great flood hits Johnstown
History July 20, 1977 Voyager 2 launched.
History July 20, 1984 Uwe Hohn of E Germany throws javelin a record 104.80 m.
History July 20, 1984 A serial-killing couple is apprehended
History July 20, 1987 Don Mattingly ties major league fielding record with 22 put outs
History July 20, 2012 12 people killed, 70 wounded in Colorado movie theater shooting
July 20, 1304 Petrarch, in Italy, poet
July 20, 1785 Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan, Westernizer, reformer.
July 20, 1864 Erik Karlfeldt, Swedish poet (Nobel 1918-refused; 1931-posthumous).
July 20, 1890 Theda Bara, Actress (Under Two Flags, Cleopatra). (or 0729)
July 20, 1919 Sir Edmund Hillary born
July 20, 1919 Sir Edmund Hillary, one of 1st two men to scale Mt. Everest.
July 20, 1920 Elliot L. Richardson, former US attorney general.
July 20, 1924 Lola Albright, Actress.
July 20, 1930 Sally Ann Howes, in London England
July 20, 1933 Nelson Doubleday, Publisher
July 20, 1933 Acclaimed author Cormac McCarthy is born
July 20, 1938 Diana Rigg, in Doncaster Engl, (Mrs. Peele in The Avengers).
July 20, 1938 Natalie Wood, Actress in SF
July 20, 1938 JoAnn Campbell, in Fla - Lawrence Welk's champagne lady
July 20, 1941 Vladimir A. Lyakhov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 32, T-9).
July 20, 1944 T. J. Shephard, Country singer
July 20, 1946 Kim Carnes
July 20, 1947 Carlos Santana, musician.
July 20, 1957 Donna Dixon
July 20, 1970 1st baby born on Alcatraz Island
July 20, 1780 Mad Anthony Wayne loses to Loyalists in New Jersey
July 20, 1810 Columbia gains independence
July 20, 1859 Admission fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50›)
July 20, 1864 Confederates attack at the Battle of Peachtree Creek
July 20, 1871 British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province.
July 20, 1878 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii.
July 20, 1881 Sitting Bull surrenders
July 20, 1889 Homesteaders murdered by Wyoming ranchers
July 20, 1914 Caillaux trial begins in Paris
July 20, 1923 Yanks hit into a triple play but beat A's 9-2
July 20, 1941 Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17
July 20, 1944 Assassination plot against Hitler fails
July 20, 1944 US invaded Japanese-occupied Guam in WWII
July 20, 1948 Truman issues peacetime draft
July 20, 1949 Israel's 19 month war of independence ends
July 20, 1951 King of Jordan assassinated
July 20, 1956 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike outs
July 20, 1960 1st submerged submarine to fire Polaris missile (George Washington)
July 20, 1960 USSR recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space.
July 20, 1963 Jan and Dean's Surf City hits #1
July 20, 1964 Viet Cong troops overrun town
July 20, 1969 1st men on the Moon Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin Apollo 11
July 20, 1969 Nixon watches first lunar landing
July 20, 1969 Duck Hook plan completed
July 20, 1972 U.S. government study disputes Nader's charges against Corvair
July 20, 1973 Bruce Lee dies at age 32
July 20, 1976 US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia 1st Martian landing.
July 20, 1976 Viking 1 lands on Mars
July 20, 1977 Second great flood hits Johnstown
July 20, 1977 Voyager 2 launched.
July 20, 1984 Uwe Hohn of E Germany throws javelin a record 104.80 m.
July 20, 1984 A serial-killing couple is apprehended
July 20, 1987 Don Mattingly ties major league fielding record with 22 put outs
July 20, 2012 12 people killed, 70 wounded in Colorado movie theater shooting