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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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*[[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]].
*[[1915]] - [[United Kingdom]]:  A [[
Strike action|strike]] by [[coal]] miners in [[Wales]] is settled.
*[[1916]] - [[World War I]]:  A [[France|French]] plane drops leaflets on [[Berlin]].
*[[1916]] - [[World War I]]:  On the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], [[United Kingdom|British]] troops advance one thousand yards on the front between [[Bazetin]] and [[Longueval]].
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*[[1917]] - [[Middle East]]:  In [[Baghdad]], a record temperature of 123°F is recorded.
*[[1918]] - [[World War I]]:  [[Germany|German]] troops cross the [[Marne]].
*[[1918]] - [[World War I]]:  An air raid in [[Kent]] causes no damage.
*[[1918]] - [[World War I]]:  The British destroyer ''Marne'' sinks the [[U-boat]] which sank the ''Justicia''.
*[[1918]] - [[United Kingdom]]:  [[Munition|Munitions]] workers in [[Birmingham]] threaten to [[
Strike action|strike]].

==1920-1929==
*[[1920]] - [[United States]]:  [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] presidential candidate [[James M. Cox]] denounces the campaign fundraising of the [[United States Republican Party|Republicans]].
*[[1920]] - [[Europe]]:  The [[funeral]] of [[Empress Eugenie]] of [[France]] is held in [[St. Michael's Abbey]] near [[Farnborough, Hampshire|Farnborough]], [[England]].
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*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]