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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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*[[1933]] - [[Germany]]:  The Nazis arrest two-hundred Jewish merchants in [[Nuremberg]] and parade them through the streets.
*[[1933]] - [[Aviation]]:  Aviator [[Wiley Post]] damages his plane as he lands in [[Flat, Alaska]], on his first round-the-world flight.
*[[1934]] - [[Minnesota]]:  Police in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneaspolis]] fire upon striking [[Trucker|truck drivers]], wounding fifty.
*[[1934]] - [[Washington
 State]]:  In [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], Mayor [[Charles L. Smith]] leads police in firing [[tear gas]] on and clubbing 2,000 striking [[stevedore|longshoremen]].
*[[1934]] - [[Oregon]]:  [[Governor of Oregon|Governor]] [[Julius Meier]] calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] docks.
*[[1934]] - [[Maine]]:  Three murderers serving life sentences escape from the state prison in [[Thomaston, Maine|Thomaston]].
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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]