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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.
(contracted; show full)*1889 - [[Ruth Weijden]] (d. 1956)
*1889 - [[John Reith]], [[BBC]] director-general
*[[1890]] - [[Theda Bara]] (Theodosia Burr Goodman), American actress (d. [[1955]])
*1890 - [[Gonzalo Roig]], Cuban composer (d. 1970)
*1890 - [[Richard Billinger]], Austrian writer (d. 1965)
* 1890 - [[Freeman H. Owens]], American cinematographer
* 1890 - King [[George II of Greece]] (d. 1947)
*[[1891]] - [[Ralph Faukner]], American actor and 
[[fight choreographer]] for films (d. [[1987]])
*[[1894]] - [[Errett Cord]], automobile entrepreneur
*[[1895]] - [[László Moholy-Nagy]], painter, photographer, sculptor (d. [[1946]])
*[[1897]] - [[Clifford Braughton]], American actor (d. [[1979]])
*[[1898]] - [[Stepan Kayukov]], Russian actor (d. [[1960]])
*[[1899]] - [[Melville De Lay]], American actor (d. [[1947]])

===1900-1909===
(contracted; show full)
*Facts on File's ''Day by Day'' series
*''Encyclopaedia Britannica 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]