July 20/Events2 1811007 216267552 2008-05-31T21:53:30Z Koavf 205121 , Replaced: [[Daw Aung San Suu Kyi]] → [[Daw]] [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] This page is to record events of [[July 20]] from [[1950]] to date. ==1950-1959== *[[1950]] - [[Belgium]]: [[Politics of Belgium|Parliament]] authorizes king [[Leopold III of Belgium|Leopold III]] to return from exile in [[Austria]]. *[[1950]] - [[Korean War]]: [[North Korea]] attacks the temporary [[South Korea]]n capital, [[Taejon]]. *[[1950]] - [[United States]]: Senator [[Millard Tydings]] ([[United States Democratic Party|D]]-[[Maryland]]) says Senator [[Joseph R. McCarthy]] ([[United States Republican Party|R]]-[[Wisconsin]]) had lied at a hearing and that his claims of [[Communists]] in the [[United States Department of State|State Department]] are a "fraud and a hoax". *[[1950]] - [[Korean War]]: ''The [[Daily Worker]]'', the official newspaper of the [[Communist Party USA|Communist Party]], editorializes that President [[Harry S. Truman]] is trying "to convert the Korean War into World War III." *[[1950]] - [[Cold War]]: In [[Philadelphia]], [[Harry Gold]] pleads guilty to spying for the [[Soviet Union]] by passing secrets from atomic scientist [[Klaus Fuchs]]. *[[1950]] - [[Indonesia]]: A new federal system for the country's government is agreed on to take effect [[August 17]]. *[[1951]] - [[Middle East]]: King [[Abdullah I of Jordan]] is assassinated while attending Friday prayers in [[Jerusalem]]. *[[1951]] - [[World War II]]: The [[United States]] invites fifty nations to [[San Francisco]] to consider a peace treaty with [[Japan]]. *[[1951]] - [[United States]]: The [[Missouri River]] continues to flood in the [[Midwest]]. *[[1952]] - [[Middle East]]: The [[Egypt]]ian prime minister, [[Hussein Sirry Pasha]] resigns. *[[1952]] - [[Olympic Games|Olympics]] - The [[1952 Summer Olympics|15th Olympic Games]] begin in [[Helsinki, Finland]]. *[[1952]] - [[New York State]] - A train on the [[Long Island Rail Road]] strikes an automobile near [[Central Islip, New York|Central Islip]], killing seven. *[[1953]] - [[Middle East]]: [[Israel]] and the [[Soviet Union]] resume diplomatic relations after five month lapse. *[[1953]] - [[United Nations]]: The [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]] votes to make [[UNICEF]] a permanent agency. *[[1953]] - [[United States]]: President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] presents his agenda to [[Congress of the United States|Congressional]] leaders. *[[1953]] - [[Far East]]: Eisenhower names [[Ellis O. Briggs]] ambassador to [[South Korea]]. *[[1954]] - [[Germany]]: [[Otto John]], head of [[West Germany]]'s secret service, defects to [[East Germany]]. *[[1954]] - [[United States]]: Senator [[Joseph R. McCarthy]] accepts the resignation of his aide [[Roy Cohn]]. *[[1954]] - [[Southeast Asia]]: At [[Geneva, Switzerland]], an [[armistice]] is signed that ends fighting in [[Vietnam]] and divides the country along the 17th [[circle of latitude|parallel]]. *[[1955]] - [[Far East]]: [[China]] shells [[Taiwan]]'s islands [[Quemoy]] and [[Matsu]]. *[[1955]] - [[Cold War]]: The summit between leaders of the [[United States]], [[Soviet Union]], [[France]], and the [[United Kingdom]] continues at [[Geneva, Switzerland]]. *[[1955]] - [[Michigan]]: The [[United Auto Workers]] is indicted under the [[Federal Corrupt Practices Act]] for its activities in [[Michigan]] in the [[1954]] elections. *[[1955]] - [[United States]]: The committee working on the merger of America's two largest labor federations, the [[American Federation of Labor]] and the [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]], agrees to call the combined organization the "[[AFL-CIO]]" *[[1956]] - [[Middle East]]: The [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|British Foreign Office]] announces it was cancelling funding for [[Egypt]]'s [[Aswan High Dam]] *[[1956]] - [[United States]]: A nationwide [[civil defense]] drill, "Operation Alert", is held, simulating a Soviet nuclear strike on seventy-five American cities. As part of the exercise, 10,000 bureaucrats and officials leave [[Washington, D.C.]], for bunkers around the capital. *[[1956]] - [[Far East]]: In [[Mukden]], [[Pu Yi]], the former Emperor of [[China]], testifies in the [[war crime]]s trials of twenty-two Japanese, the first time Pu Yi's whereabouts had been known since [[1946]]. *[[1956]] - [[Western Hemisphere]]: United States President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] leaves for [[Panama]], where a summit of leaders of the hemisphere's nations is to be held. *[[1957]] - [[United States]]: President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] appoints a panel of federal officials to work with a committee of state governors on defining federal-state relations. *[[1957]] - [[Freedom of the seas]]: The [[Soviet Union]] closes [[Peter the Great Bay]], which provides access to [[Vladivostok]], to foreign ships. *[[1958]] -[[Yugoslavia]]: Twenty-six are dead in an explosion at a military base near [[Kokin Breg]]. *[[1958]] - [[Middle East]]: [[Jordan]] suspends diplomatic relations with the [[United Arab Republic]] after it recognized the new government of [[Iraq]]. *[[1958]] - [[United States]]: President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signs legislation to give federal employees a 10 percent raise. *[[1958]] - [[Baseball]]: [[Jim Bunning]] of the [[Detroit Tigers]] pitches a no-hitter against the [[Boston Red Sox]]. *[[1959]] - [[Europe]]: The [[Organization for European Economic Cooperation]] admits [[Spain]]. *[[1959]] - [[Africa]]: [[Haile Selassie]], Emperor of [[Ethiopia]], arrives in [[Paris]] for a state visit with President [[Charles de Gaulle]]. *[[1959]] - [[Soviet Union]]: Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] postpones his visit to [[Scandinavia]] citing anti-Soviet sentiment there. ==1960-1969== *[[1960]] - [[Asia]]: [[Ceylon]] elects [[Sirimavo Bandaranaike]] Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government. *1960 - [[United States]]: The [[Polaris missile]] is successfully launched from a submarine, the [[USS George Washington (SSBN-598)]], for the first time. *1960 - [[Africa]]: [[Belgium]] defends its intervention in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]] to the [[United Nations Security Council]] while the government of the Congo appeals to the [[Soviet Union]] to send troops to push back the Belgians. The governments of the [[United States]] and [[France]] and the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organisation]] warn the Soviets to stay out of the dispute. *1960 - [[Africa]]: In [[Harare, Zimbabwe|Salisbury, Rhodesia]], 20,000 protest over police brutality. *1960 - [[Middle East]]: In [[Lebanon]], [[Saeb Salem]] is named Prime Minister. *1960 - [[United States]]: The [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]] reports the government had a budget surplus of $1,068,101,353 in the fiscal year that ended [[June 30]]. *1960 - [[Israel]]: The head of the [[Physics]] Department at the [[Israel Institute of Technology]], [[Kurt Sitte]], is arrested for [[espionage]]. *1960 - [[South Asia]]: [[King Mahendra]] of [[Nepal]] arrives in [[New Delhi]], [[India]], for a state visit, the first stop on a three month world tour that will include a visit to the [[United States]]. *[[1961]] - [[United States]]: The [[United States House of Representatives]] rejects President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s proposal to reform the [[National Labor Relations Board]]. *1961 - [[United States]]: President [[John F. Kennedy]] transfers authority for [[civil defense]] planning to the [[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]]. *1961 - [[Middle East]]: The [[Arab League]] admits [[Kuwait]] to membership. *1961 - [[Africa]] - [[France|French]] military forces break the [[Tunisia]]n [[siege]] of [[Bizerte]]. *[[1962]] - [[United States]]: General [[Maxwell Taylor]] is named chairman of the U.S.[[Joint Chiefs of Staff]]. *1962 - [[South America]]: [[Earthquake]]s in [[Colombia]] kill 40. *1962 - [[Africa]]: [[France]] and [[Tunisia]] restore diplomatic relations after one year break. *[[1963]] - [[Pop culture]]: [[Jan and Dean]]'s song "Surf City" hits number one. *1963 - [[Africa]] - The [[United States]] announced suspension of aid to the [[Republic of the Congo]]. *1963 - [[Indonesia]] announces it will in the future refer to the [[Indian Ocean]] as the "Indonesian Ocean". *[[1964]] - [[Vietnam War]] - [[Viet Cong]] forces attack the capital of [[Dinh Tuong Province]], [[Cai Be]], killing 11 [[South Vietnam]]ese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children). *1964 - [[Space exploration]]: [[NASA]] successfully tests the first electric [[rocket engine]] in [[California]]. *1964 - [[Caribbean]]: [[Cuba]]'s Premier [[Fidel Castro]] compares U.S. Senator and presidential candidate [[Barry M. Goldwater]] to [[Adolf Hitler]]. *[[1965]] - [[United States]]: [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] nominates [[Abe Fortas]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]. *1965 - [[Pop culture]]: [[Columbia Records]] releases [[Bob Dylan]]'s groundbreaking single "Like a Rolling Stone" to radio stations. *1965 - [[United States]]: In [[Hayneville, Alabama]], two [[civil rights]] protesters, one a priest and the other a [[seminarian]], are shot by a deputy sheriff. The seminarian died of his wounds. *1965 - [[Greece]] - [[Elias Tsirimokos]] becomes prime minister. *1965 - [[Turkey]] - Prime Minister [[Suat Hayri Urguplu]] returns from a visit to [[Moscow]] and announces the [[Soviet Union]] will provide aid to his country. *1965 - [[United States]]: [[Missouri]] experiences its greatest one-day rainfall as 18.18 inches (462 mm) fall near [[Edgerton, Missouri|Edgerton]]. *[[1966]] - [[United Kingdom]]: Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]] announces budget cuts to combat [[inflation]] and calls for voluntary wage and [[price controls]]. *1966 - [[United States]]: In [[Cleveland, Ohio]], the [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] moves in after days of [[riot]]ing. *[[1967]] - [[North America]]: [[France|French]] President [[Charles de Gaulle]] arrives in [[St. Pierre and Miquelon]]. *[[1968]] - [[Mexico]]: In [[Mexico City]], students protest for more student participation in the management of universities. *[[1969]] - [[Project Apollo|Apollo Program]]: [[Apollo 11]] lands on the [[Moon]] and [[Neil Armstrong|Neil A. Armstrong]] and [[Edwin Aldrin|Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin]] become the first [[human]]s to walk on its surface. *1969 - [[Middle East]]: The [[Israel Air Force]] bombs [[Egypt]]ian bases on the west bank of the [[Suez Canal]]. ==1970-1979== *[[1970]] - [[Europe]]: [[Finland]]'s President [[Urho Kaleva]] completes his state visit to the [[Soviet Union]]. *1970 - [[Africa]]: The government of the [[United Kingdom]] says it is considering resuming arms sales to [[South Africa]]. *1970 - [[Middle East]]: President [[Richard Nixon]] says he is asking for a three month truce in the [[Middle East]]. *1970 - [[Vietnam War]]: [[Richard Nixon]] says the United States will oppose a coalition government for [[Vietnam]] that includes the [[Communist Party]]. *1970 - [[Vietnam War]]: [[Saigon]] is shelled by the Communists *1970 - [[United States]]: The [[Federal Trade Commission]] accuses [[McDonald's]] of fraud in a promotional contest. *[[1971]] - [[Far East]]: President [[Richard M. Nixon]] tells [[Taiwan]] the [[United States]] will continue to sell it arms. *1971 - [[United States]]: The [[United States Postal Service]] reaches an agreement with its [[labor unions]] to avoid a strike. *1971 - [[United States]]: President [[Richard M. Nixon]] appoints [[Rush Moody, Jr.]] to the [[Federal Power Commission]]. *1971 - [[Space exploration]]: President [[Richard M. Nixon]] declares the day "National Moon Walk Day" in honor of the [[Apollo 11]] landing this date in [[1969]]. *1971 - [[Far East]]: The [[Soviet Union]] says it will support [[China]]'s admission to the [[United Nations]] *1971 - [[Middle East]]: [[Syria]] and [[Jordan]]'s armies exchanged fire over the common frontier. *[[1972]] - [[Netherlands]]: The cabinet of Prime Minister [[Barend Biesheuvel]] resigns in a dispute over the budget. *1972 - [[United States]]: Senator [[George McGovern]] of [[South Dakota]] asks [[Lawrence O'Brien]] to become his campaign manager in his campaign for president. *1972 - [[United States]]: President [[Richard M. Nixon]] announces the transfer of twelve parcels of federal land to the states for use as parks. *1972 - [[South America]]: [[Uruguay]] is crippled by a [[general strike]] called to obtain wage increases in the face of high [[inflation]]. *1972 - [[Australia]]: Police in [[Canberra]] break up a protest by [[Indigenous Australians|Aborigines]] in front of Parliament over land reform . *[[1973]] - [[United States]]: The [[United States Senate]] passes the [[War Powers Act]]. *1973 - [[Vietnam War]]: In testimony by Assistant Secretary of Defense [[Jerry Friedheim]] to the [[U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee]], the [[United States Defense Department]] admits it lied to [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] about bombing [[Cambodia]] . *1973 - [[Greece]]: Seventy-three government officials and military officers are charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government. *1973 - [[Kenya]]: [[Julius Kiano]], the government's Commerce and Industry Minister, tells Asian-owned businesses to close by the end of the year. *1973 - [[Middle East]]: [[Palestinian|Palestianian]] [[terrorism|terrorists]] hijack a [[Japan Airlines]] jet en route from [[Amsterdam]] to [[Japan]] and force it down in [[Dubai]]. *1973 - [[Indiana]]: The state is found guilty of operating segregated schools by federal judge [[S. Hugh Dillin]], who orders the state to develop a desegregation plan for [[Indianapolis]]'s schools. *[[1974]] - [[Cyprus dispute#The Turkish occupation of Cyprus|Turkish occupation of Cyprus]]: Forces from [[Turkey]] invade [[Cyprus]] after Greek Cypriots' attempt at [[enosis]]. [[NATO]]'s Council praises the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]] for attempts to settle the dispute. [[Syria]] and [[Egypt]] put their militaries on alert. *1974 - [[Connecticut]]: The [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] state convention nominates [[Ella T. Grasso]] for[[Governor of Connecticut|governor]]. *1974 - [[Middle East]]: [[Iraq]] announces plans to improve navigation on the [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]] rivers. *1974 - [[California]]: Reconsidering its decision in June to create [[nude beach]]es, the [[Los Angeles]] city council votes to ban nudity on all public beaches after a public outcry. *[[1975]] - [[Africa]]: In [[Angola]], [[cease fire]] in the country between the government and [[UNITA]] rebels is broken only hours after it begins. *1975 - [[South Asia]]: [[India]] expels three reporters from ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', and ''[[Newsweek]]'' because they refused to sign a pledge to abide by government censorship. *1975 - [[Florida]]: Three employees of [[Mel Fisher]] drown near [[Key West, Florida|Key West]] as part of efforts to find the Spanish galleon ''[[Nuestra Señora de Atocha]]''. *1975 - [[United States]]: The [[United States Postal Service]] reaches an agreement with its unions. *[[1976]] - [[Viking program]]: The [[Viking 1]] lander successfully lands on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. * 1976 - [[Vietnam War]]: The United States military completes its troop withdrawal from [[Thailand]]. *[[1977]] - [[United States]]: [[Leon Jaworksi]] agrees to be the [[House Ethics Committee]]'s special counsel in its probe of the [[Koreagate]] scandal. *1977 - [[Pennsylvania]]: [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania|Johnstown]] is hit by a [[flash flood]] that kills eighty and causes $350 million in damage. *1977 - [[United States]]: The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] releases documents under the [[Freedom of Information Act]] revealing it had engaged in [[mind control]] experiments. *[[1978]] - [[Middle East]]: Israel's [[Knesset|parliament]] exempts religious women from military service. *1978 - [[Watergate]]: Former U.S. Attorney General [[John Mitchell]] is released on [[parole]]. *1978 - [[Africa]]: The [[Organization of African Unity]] continues its annual meeting in [[Khartoum, Sudan]]. *[[1979]] - [[Swimming]]: [[Diana Nyad]] swims the sixty miles from the [[Bahamas]] to [[Florida]]. *1979 - [[Far East]]: [[United States|American]] President [[Jimmy Carter]] says troop withdrawals from [[South Korea]] will cease and the remainder will stay for at least two years. ==1980-1989== *[[1980]] - [[Middle East]]: [[Takieddih Solh]] is named [[Lebanon]]'s new prime minister. *1980 - [[Middle East]]: The [[United Nations Security Council]] votes 14-0 that member states should not recognize [[Jerusalem]] as the capital of [[Israel]]. *1980 - [[United States]]: The [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] reveals it has a [[stealth aircraft]]. *[[1981]] - [[Middle East]]: The [[United States]] suspends sales of [[F-16]] fighter jets to [[Israel]]. *[[1982]] - [[United Kingdom]]: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] detonates two [[bomb]]s in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] and [[Regents Park]] in central [[London]], killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses. *[[1982]] - [[United Kingdom]]: Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] faces an angry [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] when she refuses to answer questions about [[Geoffrey Arthur Prince]], an employee of [[GCHQ]] accused of spying for the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1983]] - [[United States]]: The [[United States House of Representatives]] censures two of its members, [[Gerry Studds]] ([[United States Democratic Party|D]]-[[Massachusetts]]) and [[Daniel B. Crane]] ([[United States Republican Party|R]])-[[Illinois]], for having sex with congressional pages. Studds was censured, 420-3, for having sex with a sixteen year old male page in [[1973]]. Crane was censured, 338-87, for having sex with a seventeen year old female page in [[1980]]. *1983 - [[Middle East]]: The [[Israel]]i cabinet votes to withdraw troops from [[Beirut]] but to remain in southern [[Lebanon]]. *1983 - [[United States]]: The [[United States House of Representatives]] voted 220-207 to continue funding for the [[MX missile]]. *[[1984]] - [[United States]]: Officials of the [[Miss America]] pageant ask [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Lynn Williams]] to quit after ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]'' published nude photos of her. *[[1985]] - [[Oceanography]]: The main [[ship wreck]] site of the [[Spain|Spanish]] galleon ''[[Nuestra Señora de Atocha]]'' (which sank in [[1622]]) is found 40 miles off the coast of [[Key West, Florida]] by treasure hunters who soon begin to raise $400 million in [[coin]]s and [[silver]]. *1985 - [[Africa]]: The [[Organization of African Unity]] ends its annual meeting in [[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]] by declaring that most of the continent's nations are on the brink of economic collapse and blames the developed world for the situation. *1985 - [[South Africa]]: The government declares a state of emergency because of unrest in the black townships. *1985 - [[Austria]]: 120 [[Poland|Polish]] pilgrims on their way to [[Rome]] ask for [[political asylum]]. *1985- [[Caribbean]]: The government of [[Aruba]] passes legislation to secede from the [[Netherlands Antilles]]. *[[1986]] - [[South Africa]]: Police fire [[tear gas]] into a church service for families of those held under the government's emergency decrees. Near [[Johannesburg]], [[AFL-CIO]] chief [[Lane Kirkland]] is detained by police. *1986 - [[Massachusetts]]: In [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Gerald Amirault]] of the [[Fell Acres]] Day School is convicted of [[Sexual abuse#Child sexual abuse|molesting]] nine children. *1986 - [[Pennsylvania]]: [[Municipal employee]]s in [[Philadelphia]] vote to return to work after a twenty day strike. *[[1987]] - [[Europe]]: [[Morocco]] announces it will apply for membership in the [[European Community]]. *1987 - [[Middle East]]: The [[United Nations Security Council]] demands a [[ceasefire]] in the [[Iran-Iraq War]]. *1987 - [[Arizona]]: A recall drive is begun against Governor [[Evan Mecham]]. *1987 - [[United States]]: President [[Ronald Reagan]] appoints [[Larry Kramer]], co-founder of [[Gay Men's Health Crisis]], to a federal panel on [[AIDS]]. *1987 - [[Special Olympics]]: U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] signs legislation, Public Law 100-75, designating [[August 3]] "International Special Olympics Day". *[[1988]] - [[United States]]: The [[United States Democratic Party|Democrats]] nominate Governor [[Michael Dukakis]] of [[Massachusetts]] for President. *1988 - [[Cold War]]: The [[United States Department of State]] rejects a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] offer to dismantle the [[Krasnoyarsk]] radar in exchange for concessions regarding the [[ABM Treaty]]. *[[1989]] - [[Space exploration]]: President [[George H.W. Bush]] calls for a manned mission to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] . *1989 - [[Art]]: [[Photographer]] [[Robert Mapplethorpe]]'s show opens at [[Washington, D.C.]]'s Project for the Arts after the [[Smithsonian Institution]]'s [[Corcoran Gallery]] cancelled it. *1989 - [[Nuclear weapons]]: The [[United States Senate]] voted 73-26 to privatize the [[United States Department of Energy|Energy Department]]'s [[uranium enrichment]] program by creating a private company, the [[United States Enrichment Corporation]]. *1989 - [[Southeast Asia]]: [[Burma]]'s ruling junta puts opposition leader [[Daw]] [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] under house arrest. ==1990-1999== *[[1990]] - [[Caribbean]]: [[Haiti]] asks the [[United States]] to send observers to monitor its upcoming elections. *1990 - [[United Kingdom]]: A [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] bomb explodes at the [[International Stock Exchange]]. *1990 - [[United States]]: [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] Justice [[William J. Brennan, Jr.|William Brennan]] announces his retirement from the Court. *1990 - [[Iran Contra]]: All of Colonel [[Oliver North]]'s convictions for perjury and other offenses are overturned by an appeals court. *[[1991]] - [[Europe]]: The [[United States Department of Defense]] begins airlifting supplies to [[Albania]] *[[1992]] - [[Czechoslovakia]]: [[Václav Havel]] resigns as president. *1992 - [[Poland]]: 4,000 [[copper]] miners go on strike *1992 - [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]: A [[TU-154]] cargo plane crashes in the suburbs of [[Tbilisi]], killing forty. *[[1993]] - [[United States]]: President [[Bill Clinton]] nominates Judge [[Louis Freeh]] to be director of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. *1993 - [[United States]]: The [[U.S. House of Representatives]] passes the $20 billion [[United States Department of Commerce|Commerce]], [[United States Department of Justice|Justice]], [[United States Department of State|State]] appropriation bill by 327-98. *1993 - [[Free trade]]: The [[U.S. House of Representatives]] upholds President [[Bill Clinton]]'s waiver of the [[Jackson-Vanik Amendment]] to continue [[China]]'s [[most favored nation]] trade status for another year by a vote of 318-105. *1993 - [[United States]]: The [[United States Senate]], by a vote of 68-31, passes a bill that would amend the [[Hatch Act]] to allow limited participation by federal employees in local politics. *1993 - [[United Kingdom]]: 20,000 policemen gather at [[Wembley Stadium]] in [[London]] to protest pay reforms. *[[1994]] - [[Middle East]]: [[Israel]]'s [[Shimon Peres]] visits [[Jordan]], the highest ranking Israeli official to do so *1994 - [[Astronomy]]: [[Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9]]'s Fragment Q1 hits [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. *1994 - [[United States]]: The [[U.S. House of Representatives]] voted 410-16 to pass a secret law authorizing an estimated $28 billion for intelligence agencies. *1994 - [[United States]]: The [[United States Senate]] passed a $68 billion appropriation bill for the [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]] and the [[Food and Drug Administration]], 92-8. *[[1995]] - [[United States]]: The Regents of the [[University of California]] vote to end all [[affirmative action]] in the UC system by [[1997]]. *1995 - [[Far East]]: The [[U.S. House of Representatives]] voted 416-10 to pass the [[China Policy Act of 1995]] which required the President to try to secure the release of dissident [[Harry Wu]], for China to improve its [[human rights]] record, and to require the [[United States Information Agency]] to create [[Radio Free Asia]] to transmit information to China. On a separate vote of 321-107, the House upholds President [[Bill Clinton]]'s waiver of the [[Jackson-Vanik Amendment]] to continue [[China]]'s [[most favored nation]] trade status for another year. *1995 - [[Farm subsidies]]: The [[U.S. House of Representatives]] rejected a proposal to end farm subsidies to farmers who have income of over $100,000 from non-farm sources by a vote of 158-249. *1995 - [[Journalism]]: The [[United States Senate]] voted 60-39 to require journalists accredited to the Senate to file the same financial disclosure statements the senators must file. *[[1996]] - [[Spain]]: An [[ETA]] bomb at an [[airport]] kills 35 *[[1997]] - [[United Kingdom]]: A [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] truce takes effect. *1997 - [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]: The [[Serb Democratic Party]] forces President [[Biljana Plavsic|Biljana Plavšić]] to resign. *[[1998]] - [[Afghanistan]]: 200 aid workers from [[CARE International]], [[Doctors Without Borders]] and other aid groups leave the country on orders of the [[Taliban]]. *1998 - [[United States]]: The [[U.S. House of Representatives]] votes 390-0 to express the sense of the House that it is a national priority to provide affordable housing for all. *1998 - [[United States]]: The [[U.S. House of Representatives]] voted 383-1 to reauthorize the [[WIC]] welfare program to [[2003]]. *1998 - [[Far East]]: The [[U.S. House of Representatives]] voted 390-1 to reaffirm the support of the [[United States]] for [[Taiwan]]. *[[1999]] - [[Mercury program]]: [[Mercury 4|Liberty Bell 7]] is raised from the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. *1999 - [[Europe]]: The [[European Parliament]] elects [[Nichole Fontaine]] its president. *1999 - [[United States]]: Officials of the [[Public Broadcasting System]] admit in testimony to [[Congress of the United States|Congress]] that its stations gave donor lists to the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] party and Democratic candidates. ==2000-2099== *[[2000]] - [[Olympic Games|Olympics]]: The leaders of [[Salt Lake City]]'s [[2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal|bid]] to win the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] are indicted by a federal [[grand jury]] for [[bribery]], [[fraud]], and [[racketeering]]. *2000 - [[Africa]]: In [[Zimbabwe]], Parliament opens its new session and seats opposition members for the first time in a decade. *2000 - [[Europe]]: Terrorist [[Ilich Ramírez Sánchez|Carlos (the Jackal)]] sues [[France]] in the [[European Court of Human Rights]] for allegedly torturing him. *2000 - [[United States]]: The [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] votes to ease the [[Cuban trade embargo|trade embargo]] and travel restrictions on [[Cuba]]. *2000 - [[Japan]]: American President [[Bill Clinton]] arrives in [[Okinawa]] for the [[G8]] summit and pledges to the islanders that the United States will reduce the impact American military bases have on their lives. *2000 - [[World War II]]: The [[Commission on Fine Arts]] approves the [[World War II Memorial]]'s design and location on the Mall in [[Washington, D.C.]]. *[[2001]] - [[United States]]: [[Vanessa Legget]] is found in contempt by a Federal Court for refusing to release notes made for her book on the [[Doris Angleton]] murder. *2001 - [[United Kingdom]]: The [[London Stock Exchange]] goes public. *[[2002]] - [[Italy]]: The 27th Annual [[G8]] summit opens in [[Genoa]]. An Italian protester in Genoa, [[Carlo Giuliani]], is shot by police. *2002 - [[United States]]: The [[United States Senate]] confirms [[Roger L. Gregory]] as the first black to sit on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit]]. *2002 - [[South America]]: A fire in a [[discotheque]] in [[Lima, Peru]] kills over twenty-five. *[[2003]] - [[Liberia]]: Fighting between militias controlled by the country's president, [[Charles G. Taylor|Charles Taylor]], and rebels continues in [[Monrovia]]. *2003 - [[Middle East]]: [[Israel]]i Prime Minister [[Ariel Sharon]] meets with [[Mahmoud Abbas]] in [[Jerusalem]]. *2003 - [[United Kingdom]]: [[Richard Sambrook]], the Director of [[BBC]] [[News]] reveals that [[Dr. David Kelly]] was the source of claims that [[Downing Street]] had "sexed up" the [[September Dossier]], aka the [[Dodgy Dossier]]. *2003 - [[South Korea]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] arrives in [[Seoul]] to meet with President [[Roh Moo Hyun]] and faces questions from the press about the death of [[David Kelly (weapons expert)|David Kelly]]. *2003 - [[France]]: Sixteen people are injured after two [[bomb]]s explode outside a tax office in [[Nice]]. *2003- [[Africa]]: Former [[Uganda]]n dictator [[Idi Amin]] is in a [[coma]] at a hospital in [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]], as Uganda refused permission for him to return home. *2003- [[Golf]]: Rookie [[Ben Curtis (golfer)|Ben Curtis]], ranked 396th in the world wins the [[British Open (golf)|British Open]]. He is the first golfer to win a major golf tournament in his first attempt in more than ninety years. *2003- [[Africa]]: Fourteen people - a [[United States|US]] family of twelve who had chartered the plane and the [[South Africa]]n crew of two - die when their light plane crashes into [[Mount Kenya]] after taking off from [[Nairobi]] for [[Buffalo Springs National Reserve]] in northern [[Kenya]]. *[[2004]] - [[Middle East]]: [[Palestinian]] lawmaker [[Nabil Amr]] is shot in the [[West Bank]]. *2004 - [[Middle East]]: The [[United Nations Security Council]] votes to demand [[Israel]] cease construction on its wall through the [[West Bank]]. *2004 - [[Iraq War]]: [[Angelo de la Cruz]], a [[Philippines|Fillipino]] truck driver taken hostage in [[Iraq]], is released. *2004 - [[United Kingdom]]: The [[British House of Commons| House of Commons]] debates the Butler report on pre-[[Iraq War]] intelligence. *2004 - [[Canada]]: Prime Minister [[Paul Martin]] appoints his new [[Cabinet of Canada|cabinet]]. *2004 - [[United States]]: Former [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] [[Sandy Berger]] resigns as an advisor to Senator [[John Kerry]]'s presidential campaign after it was revealed he stole classified documents from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]. *2004 - [[United States]]: [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA) releases a video of gross [[cruelty to animals|cruelty]] to chickens taken at [[Pilgrim's Pride]], one of [[KFC]]'s suppliers in [[West Virginia]], and the company pledged to investigate the claims. *2004 - [[Middle East]]: [[Ahmed Qurei]], Prime Minister of the [[Palestinian Authority]], agrees to withdraw his resignation, three days after tendering it. *2004 - [[Iraq War]]: [[Human Rights Watch]] releases a report stating that [[Sudan]]ese government documents confirm support for the [[Arab]] [[Janjaweed]] militia in their campaign of [[ethnic cleansing]] against [[African]] [[Muslim]]s in [[Darfur]]. *2004 - [[United States]]: The [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] votes to override a proposal by the [[Financial Accounting Standards Board]] that would require publicly traded companies to record all forms of share-based payments to employees, including [[stock option]]s, as expenses. *2004 - [[Business]]: The [[European Union]] approves a 50-50 merger between [[BMG]] and [[Sony]]. *2004 - [[Theatre]]: [[Jennifer Laura Thompson]] replaces [[Kristin Chenoweth]] in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] show [[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]. *[[2005]] - [[Canada]]: Canada became the fourth country in the world to legalized [[same-sex marriage]], after the bill [[Bill C-38|C-38]] received its [[Royal Assent]]. See [[Same-sex marriage in Canada]] ==Births== ===1950-1959=== *[[1950]] - [[Naseeruddin Shah]], Indian actor *1950 - [[Tantoo Cardinal]], Canadian actress *1951 - [[Anne Dymna]], Polish actress *1951 - [[Hans Royards]], Belgian actor *1951 - [[Jeff Rawle]], English actor *1952 - [[Keiko Maysuzako]], Japanese actress *1953 - [[Marcia Hines]], American born-Australian singer *1956 - [[Paul Cook]], English musician ([[The Sex Pistols]]) *1956 - [[Donna Dixon]], American actress ([[Spies Like Us]]), wife of [[Dan Aykroyd]] *1958 - [[Michael MacNeil]], American musician ([[Simple Minds]]) *[[1959]] - [[Radney Foster]], American singer ===1960-1969=== *1961 - [[Robert Peters]], American actor *1961 - [[Cheryl Rusa]], American wrestler ([[Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling]]) and motion picture stuntwoman *1962 - [[Carols Alazraqui]], American actor *1963 - [[Alexander Zhulin]], Russian ice skater *[[1963]] - [[Dino Espisito]], American singer *1963 - [[Frank Whaley]], American actor *1963 - [[Amir Derakh]], American guitarist ([[Orgy (band)|Orgy]] *[[1964]] - [[Chris Cornell]], American musician *1964 - [[Kool G. Rap]], American musician *1964 - [[Terri Irwin]], American television personality, wife of [[Steve Irwin]] *1964 - [[Michael Richard Plowman]], British-born Canadian composer *1964 - [[Melissa A. Stock]], American writer and historian *[[1965]] - [[Laurent Lucas]], French actor *1966 - [[Steve Gossard]], American musician ([[Pearl Jam]]) *1967 - [[Reed Diamond]], American actor ([[Judging Amy]]) *1968 - [[Michael Park (actor)|Michael Park]], American actor ([[As the World Turns]]) *1968 - [[Jimmy Carson]], American hockey player *1968 - [[Julian Rhind-Tutt]], English actor ([[Keen Eddie]]) *1968 - [[Dave Revsine]], American television sportscaster *[[1969]] - [[Colleen Fitzpatrick|Vitamin C]], British singer *1969 - [[Josh Holloway]], American actor ([[Lost (television show)|Lost]]) ===1970 to date=== *[[1971]] - [[Yasmine Pendavis]], American actress in pornographic films *1971 - [[Charles Johnson (baseball)|Charles Johnson]], American baseball player *[[1972]] - [[Geena Lisa]], Beligan musician ([[The Dinky Toys]]) *[[1973]] - [[Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway]] *1973 - [[Marco Wiedmann-Valaitis]], German producer *1973 - [[Peter Forsberg]], Swedish-born hockey player *1973 - [[John D. Beck]], American screenwriter ([[According to Jim]]) *[[1974]] - [[Simon Rex]], American actor *1974 - [[Bengie Molina]], American baseball player *[[1975]] - [[Judy Evans Greer]], American actress *1975 - [[Jason Raize]], American actor ([[The Lion King]]) (d. 2004) *[[1976]] - [[Florian Panzer]], German actor *[[1977]] - [[Dora Lipoucan]], German actress *1977 - [[Susana Werner]], Brazilian actress *1977 - [[Bert Ratundo]], American actor *[[1978]] - [[Charlie Korsmo]], American actor ([[Dick Tracy (movie)|Dick Tracy]]) *1978 - [[Denny Mendez]], Italian model and former Miss Italy *[[1979]] - [[Claudine Barretto]], Filipino actor *[[1980]] - [[Gisele Bundchen]], Brazilian model *[[1985]] - [[John Francis Daley]], American actor *[[1991]] - [[Scout Willis]], daughter of actors [[Bruce Willis]] and [[Demi Moore]] *[[1997]] - [[Billi Bruno]], American actress (''[[According to Jim]]'') ==Deaths== *[[1951]] - [[Friedrich Wilhelm Hohenzollern]], Crown Prince of [[Germany]] *1951 - [[Abdullah I of Jordan|King Abdullah]], [[King of Jordan]] *[[1953]] - [[Dumarsaid Estime]], President of [[Haiti]] (b. 1900) *1953 - [[Jan Struther]], British author *[[1957]] - Dr. [[Alfred Einstein Cohen]], American cardiologist *[[1959]] - Admiral [[William D. Leahy]], American naval officer *[[1967]] - [[Albert Lutuli]], South African civil rights leader, winner of the 1960 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] *[[1968]] - [[Bray Hammond]], American historian *[[1973]] - [[Bruce Lee]], actor and martial artist *[[1990]] - [[Herbert T. Jenkins]], American policeman, former police chief of [[Atlanta, Georgia]] (1947-1973) *[[1991]] - [[Earl Robinson]], American singer and composer *[[1992]] - [[John Bratby]], British painter *[[1996]] - [[Colin Mitchell]], British Member of Parliament *[[1993]] - [[Vincent Foster Jr.]], [[White House]] deputy counsel *[[1997]] - [[John Akii-Bua]] [[Uganda]]n hurdler *[[1999]] - [[Sandra Gould]], American actress ([[Bewitched]]) *[[2001]] - [[Carlo Giuliani]] [[Italy|Italian]] activist *[[2003]] - [[Nicolas Freeling]], crime writer * [[2004]] - [[Lala Mara|Adi Lady Lala Mara]], [[Fiji]]an [[Ratu|chieftainess]] and former First Lady; widow of long-time former [[List of Prime Ministers of Fiji|Prime Minister]] and [[List of Presidents of Fiji|President]], [[Kamisese Mara|Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara]]. *[[2005]] - [[James Doohan]], actor ==References== *''Facts on File Yearbook'', various years *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 * {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=20}} [[Category:July]]