Tukuk-OS📅 July 20
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on July 20? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2015 — A suicide attack (aftermath pictured) in Suruç, Turkey, for which Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility, killed 34 people and injured 104 others.
- 2012 — A gunman carried out a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.
James Holmes (mass murderer)2012 Aurora theater shootingAurora, Colorado
- 2001 — Twenty-three-year-old Italian anti-globalist Carlo Giuliani was shot dead by a police officer while protesting outside the 27th G8 summit held in Genoa, Italy.
- 1997 — USS Constitution, one of the United States Navy's original six frigates, sailed for the first time in 116 years after a full restoration.
USS ConstitutionUnited States NavyOriginal six frigates of the United States Navy
- 1982 — Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London, killing eleven British Army personnel and seven horses.
Provisional Irish Republican ArmyHyde Park and Regent's Park bombingsHyde Park, London
- 1977 — Rain from a stalled thunderstorm caused six dams to fail, flooding Johnstown, Pennsylvania, resulting in 84 deaths and $340 in damages.
- 1976 — The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.
- 1969 — The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle landed on the Sea of Tranquillity, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later (bootprint pictured).
- 1968 — The first games of the Special Olympics (athletes pictured), for athletes with intellectual disabilities, were held at Soldier Field in Chicago.
1968 Special Olympics World Summer GamesSpecial OlympicsIntellectual disability
- 1951 — Abdullah I of Jordan was assassinated while visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Abdullah I of JordanAssassination of Abdullah I of JordanAl-Aqsa Mosque
- 1950 — Korean War: After a month-long campaign, much of the North Korean air force was destroyed by United Nations forces.
Korean WarAir Battle of South KoreaKorean People's Army Air Force
- 1936 — The July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona is defeated by anarchist militias and Republican loyalists, beginning the Spanish Revolution of 1936.
July 1936 military uprising in BarcelonaConfederal militiasRepublican faction (Spanish Civil War)
- 1917 — Serbian prime minister Nikola Pašić and Yugoslav Committee president Ante Trumbić signed the Corfu Declaration, agreeing to seek the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.
- 1914 — George V reviewed more than 200 Royal Navy vessels at Spithead, England.
- 1867 — The United States Congress established the Indian Peace Commission to seek peace treaties with a number of Native American tribes.
United States CongressIndian Peace CommissionNative Americans in the United States
- 1807 — French brothers Claude and Nicéphore Niépce received a patent for their Pyréolophore, one of the world's first internal combustion engines.
- 1793 — Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific coast at Bella Coola, British Columbia, completing the first recorded transcontinental crossing of North America north of Mexico.
- 1651 — Wars of the Three Kingdoms: After crossing the Firth of Forth, English Commonwealth forces defeated a Scottish army at the Battle of Inverkeithing, opening the rest of the country to occupation.
Wars of the Three KingdomsFirth of ForthCommonwealth of England
- 1333 — Second War of Scottish Independence: The Scottish-held town of Berwick-upon-Tweed surrendered to English forces, ending a siege led by King Edward III.
Second War of Scottish IndependenceBerwick-upon-TweedSiege of Berwick (1333)
Births
- 2001 — Álex Baena, Spanish footballer
- 1999 — Pop Smoke, American rapper and singer (died 2020)
- 1999 — Goga Bitadze, Georgian basketball player
- 1998 — Morgan Geekie, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1996 — Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player
- 1995 — Moses Leota, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1994 — Maia Shibutani, American ice dancer
- 1993 — Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball player
- 1993 — Nick Cousins, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1993 — Alycia Debnam-Carey, Australian actress
- 1991 — Chiyoshōma Fujio, Mongolian sumo wrestler
- 1991 — Ryan James, Australian rugby league player
Deaths
- 2025 — Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor (born 1970)
- 2024 — Jerry Miller, American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist (born 1943)
- 2024 — Jill Schary Robinson, American novelist (born 1936)
- 2020 — Michael Brooks, political commentator (born 1983)
- 2017 — Chester Bennington, American singer (born 1976)
- 2016 — Radu Beligan, Romanian actor, director, and essayist (born 1918)
- 2015 — Wayne Carson, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1943)
- 2015 — Fred Else, English footballer and manager (born 1933)
- 2015 — Dieter Moebius, Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (born 1944)
- 2014 — Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon (born 1923)
- 2014 — Constantin Lucaci, Romanian sculptor and educator (born 1923)
- 2014 — Bob McNamara, American football player (born 1931)
Observances & holidays
- Birthday of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (Norway)
- Christian feast day: Ansegisus
- Christian feast day: Apollinaris of Ravenna
- Christian feast day: Aurelius of Carthage
- Christian feast day: Elijah
- Christian feast day: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: Frumentius
- Christian feast day: Giuseppe Beotti
- Christian feast day: John Baptist Yi (one of The Korean Martyrs)
- Christian feast day: Margaret the Virgin
- Christian feast day: Rita Josefa Pujalte Sánchez
- Christian feast day: Thorlac (relic translation)
- Christian feast day: Wilgefortis
- Christian feast day: July 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Día del Amigo (Argentina, Brazil)
- Engineer's Day (Costa Rica)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Colombia from Spain in 1810.
- International Chess Day
- Lempira Day (Honduras)
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