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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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*[[1929]] - [[Far East]]:  [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops attempt to cross the [[Amur River]] into [[Manchuria]] near [[Blagovestchensk, Russia|Blagovestchensk]] as tensions mount between the [[Soviet Union]] and [[China]].
*[[1929]] - [[New Hampshire]]:  The locomotive "Old Peppersass" derails on the [[cog railway]] in [[Mount Washington, New Hampshire|Mount Washington]] and explodes, killing one.
*[[1929]] - [[France]]:  [[Parliament]] narrowly approves [[President]] [[
Raymond Poincarèé]]'s plan to reschedule the country's foreign debts.
*[[1929]] - [[United States]]:  [[President]] [[Herbert Hoover]] protests the use of his name on the selling of [[apricots]] grown on a [[California]] farm he owns an interest in.
*[[1929]] - [[Ohio]]:  A plane crashes near [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], killing three.

==1930-1939==
*[[1930]] - [[Soviet Union]]:  [[Maxim Litvinov]] is named the [[Soviet Union|Soviet Union's]] Commissar of Foreign Affairs.
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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]