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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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*[[1932]] - [[South America]]:  Crowds in the capitals of [[Bolivia]] and [[Paraguay]] demand their governments declare war on the other after fighting on their border.
*[[1932]] - [[United States]]:  In [[Washington, D.C.]], police fire [[tear gas]] on [[World War I]] veterans part of the [[Bonus Expeditionary Force]] who attempt to march to the [[White House]].
*[[1932]] - [[United States]]:  The [[
American Federation of Labor|AFL]] votes to ask President [[Herbert Hoover]] to help it secure a five-day work week.
*[[1933]] - [[Europe]]:  [[Germany]]'s [[Franz von Papen]] and the [[Holy See|Vatican]]'s Cardinal [[Pope Pius XII|Eugenio Pacelli]] sign a [[concordat]] on behalf of their respective nations.
*[[1933]] - [[United Kingdom]]:  In [[London]], 500,000 march against [[anti-Semitism]].
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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]

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