Saturday July 20, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

July 20: Day of the Week

July 20, 2024 is the 202nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 164 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

July 20 Historical Event(s)

1402
Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara – Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I.
1738
Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
1864
American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek – Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
1903
The Ford Motor Company ships its first car.
1917
World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
1954
Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany’s secret service, defects to East Germany.
1960
Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world’s first elected female head of government.
1964
Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Dinh Tuong Province, Cai Be, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children).
1985
The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.

Who were born on July 20?

1868
Miron Cristea, 1st Patriarch of All Romania (d. 1939)
1890
King George II of Greece (d. 1947)
1893
George Llewelyn-Davies, English Peter Pan character model (d. 1915)
1895
László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)
1925
Jacques Delors, French President of the European Commission
1947
Carlos Santana, Mexican-born American guitarist
1966
Stone Gossard, American musician (Pearl Jam, Mother Love Bone, Brad)
1975
Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer
1981
Thorsten Engelmann, German rower
1985
Anastasia Perraki, Greek fashion model

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