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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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*[[1946]] - [[World War II]]:  The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]]'s [[Pearl Harbor Committee]] says [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was completely blameless for the [[Japan|Japanese]] [[Pearl Harbor Attack|attack on Pearl Harbor]] and calls for a unified command structure in the armed forces.
*[[1946]] - [[United States]]:  The [[United States House of Representatives]] votes 265-79 to put control of [[atomic energy]] in the hands of a civilian body, the [[
United States Atomic Energy Commission|U.S. Atomic Energy Commission]], rather than leave the military in control.
*[[1946]] - [[United States]]:  [[Congress of the United States|Congressional]] conferees agree to extend the [[Office of Price Administration]] and its [[wage controls|wage]] and [[price controls]] to [[June 30]], [[1947]].
*[[1946]] - [[United States]]:  [[Congress of the United States|Congress]] sends President [[Harry S. Truman]] the [[GI Bill]].
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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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