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July 20/Events1
This page is to list events of [[July 20]] before [[1950]].

==To 1300==
*[[514]] - [[Roman Catholic Church]]: [[Pope Hormisdas]] assumes the papacy.
==1300-1899==
*[[1304]] - [[Great Britain]]: [[Edward I of England]] takes the last rebel stronghold in the [[Wars of Scottish Independence]], [[Fall of Stirling Castle|Stirling Castle]]. 
*[[1712]] - [[United Kingdom]]:  The [[Riot Act]] takes effect.
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*[[1926]] - [[United Kingdom]]:  In a speech to the [[Christian Endeavor Movement]], [[David Lloyd George]] tells youth it must not repeat the mistakes of his generation and avoid war.  He warns them Europe had "[[delirium tremens]]" from arms and it is getting "drunk" on them once again.  
*[[1927]] - [[Romania]]:  [[Michael I of Romania|Michael I]] becomes [[
Monarch|King]] at age five upon the death of his father [[Ferdinand I of Romania|Ferdinand I]].
*[[1927]] - [[United States]]:  Following a devastating spring flood in the lower [[Mississippi Valley]], [[Secretary of Commerce]] [[Herbert Hoover]] charged by [[President]] [[Calvin Coolidge]] on investigating the region's needs, presents the president with a $200 million [[flood control]] plan.
*[[1927]] - [[Austria]]:  Fifty-seven victims of [[riot|rioting]] in [[Vienna]] are buried in a single grave.
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*Facts on File's ''Day by Day'' series
*''Encyclopaedia Brittanica Yearbook'', various years
*[http://www.imdb.com/OnThisDay?day=20&month=July Internet Movie Database July 20 in Movie History page]
*''The [[New York Times]],'' July 21st issues of various years
*[http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html ''The New York Times'' On This Day site]