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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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*[[1934]] - [[Andorra]]:  [[Spain]] arrests a man who proclaimed himself the ruler of the tiny principality under the name "Boris I".
*[[1935]] - [[New York State]]:  [[Lightning]] kills four on the shore at [[Brighton Beach, New York|Brighton Beach]].
*[[1935]] - [[Switzerland]]:  A [[Royal Dutch Airlines]] plane en route from [[Milan]] to [[Frankfurt]] crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
*[[1935]] - [[Ethiopia]]:  
[[Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia|Emperor [[Hailie Selassie]] demands [[Italy]] cease its demands on his country.
*[[1935]] - [[Turkey]]:  A [[munitions]] dump near [[Istanbul]] explodes killing many.
*[[1935]] - [[India]]:  Riots between [[Muslims]] and [[Sikhs]] over a mosque in [[Lahore]] leave eleven dead. 
*[[1936]] - [[Freedom of the seas]]:  The [[Montreux Convention]] is signed in [[Montreux, Switzerland]], authorizing [[Turkey]] to fortify the [[Dardanelles]] and [[Bosphorus]] but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
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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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