20TH
JULY
NATIONAL DAY OF COLUMBIA.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST MARGARET OF ANTIOCH; ST ELIAS OF
JERUSALEM; ST ANSEGISUS; ST AURELIUS OF CARTHAGE; ST FLAVIAN OF ANTIOCH; ST WULMAR; ST
GREGORY LOPEZ; ST WILGEFORTIS OR LIBERATA; & ST JOSEPH BARSABAS THE JUST." |
| 20TH |
514 |
"ST. HORMISDAS" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 20TH |
1837 |
LONDON’S FIRST RAILWAY STATION,
EUSTON, OPENS. |
| 20TH |
1851 |
GOLD IS DISCOVERED ON MOUNT ALEXANDER, NEAR CASTLEMAINE,
VICTORIA. |
| 20TH |
1853 |
BUSHRANGERS HOLD UP THE GOLD ESCORT
FROM McIVOR FIELD, VICTORIA, KILLING 3 TROOPERS & THE DRIVER & TAKING 2,320 oz OF
GOLD & CASH. FIVE WERE LATER CAPTURED & 3 HANGED. |
| 20TH |
1872 |
"MAHLON LOOMIS" RECEIVES PATENT FOR WIRELESS. |
| 20TH |
1874 |
BUSHRANGER "FRANK GARDINER"
IS RELEASED EARLY FROM HIS 32 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE ON THE CONDITION HE LEAVES THE COLONIES
OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. |
| 20TH |
1881 |
SIOUX INDIAN LEADER, "SITTING BULL" SURRENDERS TO
FEDERAL U.S. TROOPS. |
| 20TH |
1900 |
"JIMMY GOVERNOR" HIS BROTHER
"JOE" & ANOTHER ABORIGINAL, "JACKY UNDERWOOD" MURDER 5 WHITES AT
BEELONG, NSW. |
| 20TH |
1903 |
"GUISEPPE SARTO" ELECTED POPE "PIUS X." |
| 20TH |
1940 |
THE FIRST SINGLES CHARTS WERE PUBLISHED
IN ENGLAND WITH "I’LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN," BY THE TOMMY DORSEY BAND, WITH
VOCALS BY "FRANK SINATRA" AT NUMBER ONE. |
| 20TH |
1943 |
CRUISER HMAS HOBART IS TORPEDOED IN THE SOLOMONS &
BADLY DAMAGED. |
| 20TH |
1944 |
7 KILLED WHEN A ‘DH 89 DRAGON
RAPIDE’ AIRCRAFT CRASHED AT MT. KITCHENER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| 20TH |
1944 |
GERMAN STAFF OFFICER "COLONEL von STAUFFENBERG"
MADE AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE "ADOLPH HITLER" IN RASTENBURG,
GERMANY. |
| 20TH |
1945 |
U.S. FLAG IS RAISED OVER BERLIN AS U.S.
TROOPS PREPARE TO TAKE PART IN OCCUPATION GOVERNMENT AFTER WORLD WAR II. |
| 20TH |
1954 |
TENNIS CHAMP, "MAUREEN CONNOLLY’S" RIGHT LEG
IS CRUSHED IN AN ACCIDENT. |
| 20TH |
1960 |
‘GEORGE WASHINGTON’ IS
THE FIRST SUBMARINE TO FIRE A ‘POLARIS MISSILE.’ |
| 20TH |
1960 |
WHEEL OF FORTUNE PREMIERS ON TELEVISION WITH ‘ERNIE
SIGLEY’ AT THE HELM. |
| 20TH |
1968 |
DURING A BBC RADIO INTERVIEW, ACTRESS
"JANE ASHER" ANNOUNCES HER ENGAGEMENT TO BEATLE "PAUL McCARTNEY" IS
OFF. |
| 20TH |
1969 |
"NEIL ARMSTRONG" FOLLOWED BY "BUZZ
ALDRIN" SET FOOT ON THE MOON. |
| 20TH |
1969 |
SINGER/SONGWRITER "CAT
STEVENS" FIRST GOES OUT WITH "PATTY DE BUNVILLE;" INSPIRING HIS 1970 HIT
SONG ABOUT HER, ‘LADY D-ARBANVILLE.’ |
| 20TH |
1973 |
JAPAN AIRLINES BOEING 747 IS HIJACKED BY PALESTINIAN
GUERILLAS OVER NETHERLANDS AND FLOWN TO DUBAI IN THE PERSIAN GULF. |
| 20TH |
1982 |
AN IRA BOMBER KILLS TWO BLUES &
ROYAL GUARDSMEN, & SEVEN HORSES IN LONDON’S HYDE PARK. |
| 20TH |
1996 |
A NEW ENTRY FOR THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS AS A PIE
THROWING CONTEST IN THE SWISS TOWN "LOECHE-LES-BAINS" WITH MORE THAN 1,000 PIES
ACHIEVED A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 4,238 metres. |
| 20TH |
1996 |
A BOMB EXPLODES AT ‘REUS
AIRPORT’ IN SPAIN INJURING MANY TOURISTS. |
| 20TH |
2000 |
SINGER "SHIRLEY BASSEY," 63, WAS CLOSE TO TEARS AS
SHE WAS INVESTED AS A DAME BY THE QUEEN AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. |
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