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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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==1900-1920==
*[[1907]] - [[United States]]:  A [[train wreck]] on the [[Pere Marquette Railroad]] near [[Salem, Michigan]] kills thirty and injures seventy more.
*[[1910]] - [[United States]]:  The [[Christian Endeavor Society]] of [[Missouri]] announces a campaign to ban [[motion pictures|films]] showing kissing between unrelated persons.
*[[1914]] - [[United Kingdom]]:  [[Monarch|King]] [[George 
V of the United Kingdom|George V]] of [[England]] reviews the fleet at [[Spithead]].
*[[1914]] - [[Russia]]:  [[Czar]] [[Nicholas II]] welcomes France's [[President]] [[Raymond Poincaré]].
*[[1915]] - [[World War I]]:  [[France|French]] forces advance up the Fecht valley toward [[Münster]].
*[[1915]] - [[World War I]]:  [[Russia]]n forces defend the [[railroad]] linking [[Lublin]] and [[Kholm]] while evacuating the areas west of [[Groitsi]].
*[[1915]] - [[World War I]]:  [[Italy|Italian]] troops launch an attack near [[Gorizia]].
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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]