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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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*[[1871]] - [[North America]]:  [[British Columbia]] joins the confederation of [[Canada]]. 
*[[1872]] - [[Technology]]:  The [[United States Patent Office]] awards the first [[patent]] for [[wireless telegraphy]] to [[Mahlon Loomis]].
*[[1877]] - [[United States]]:  [[Riot|rioting]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]] by [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] workers is put down by the state [[militia]], resulting in nine deaths.
*[[1881]] - [[Indian Wars]]: [[Sioux]] [[
Chieftan|Chief]] [[Sitting Bull]] leads the last of his fugitive people in surrender to [[United States]] troops at [[Fort Buford]] in [[Montana]].

==1900-1920==
*[[1907]] - [[United States]]:  A [[train wreck]] on the [[Pere Marquette Railroad]] near [[Salem, Michigan]] kills thirty and injures seventy more.
*[[1910]] - [[United States]]:  The [[Christian Endeavor Society]] of [[Missouri]] announces a campaign to ban [[motion pictures|films]] showing kissing between unrelated persons.
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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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