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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 20 JUILLET

League of Nations

Année: 1922

The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.

1932 Prussian coup d'état

Année: 1932

In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.

1934 West Coast waterfront strike

Année: 1934

West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.

Silivri

Année: 1920

The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.

World War I

Année: 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.

Ford Motor Company

Année: 1903

The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.

Finland

Année: 1906

In Finland, a new electoral law is ratified, guaranteeing the country the first and equal right to vote in the world. Finnish women are the first in Europe to receive the right to vote.

Minneapolis

Année: 1934

Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.

KLM

Année: 1935

Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.

Soviet Union

Année: 1941

Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief.

NAISSANCES DU 20 JUILLET

Hazel Hawke

Année de naissance: 1929

Hazel Hawke, Australian social worker and pianist, 23rd Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia (died 2013)

Sally Ann Howes

Année de naissance: 1930

Sally Ann Howes, English-American singer and actress (died 2021)

Mike Ilitch

Année de naissance: 1929

Mike Ilitch, American businessman, founded Little Caesars (died 2017)

Rajendra Kumar

Année de naissance: 1929

Rajendra Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor and producer (died 1999)

David Tonkin

Année de naissance: 1929

David Tonkin, Australian politician, 38th Premier of South Australia (died 2000)

Chuck Daly

Année de naissance: 1930

Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (died 2009)

Otto Schily

Année de naissance: 1932

Otto Schily, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of the Interior

Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo

Année de naissance: 1935

Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo, English businessman and art collector

Buddy Knox

Année de naissance: 1933

Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999)

Cormac McCarthy

Année de naissance: 1933

Cormac McCarthy, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2023)

DéCèS DU 20 JUILLET

Olga Hahn-Neurath

Année de décès: 1937

Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1882)

Guglielmo Marconi

Année de décès: 1937

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)

Lew Fields

Année de décès: 1941

Lew Fields, American actor and producer (born 1867)

Mildred Harris

Année de décès: 1944

Mildred Harris, American actress (born 1901)

Ludwig Beck

Année de décès: 1944

Ludwig Beck, German general (born 1880)

René Bazin

Année de décès: 1932

René Bazin, French author and academic (born 1853)

Ferdinand I of Romania

Année de décès: 1927

Ferdinand I, king of Romania (born 1865)

Ignaz Sowinski

Année de décès: 1917

Ignaz Sowinski, Galician architect (born 1858)

Andrey Markov

Année de décès: 1922

Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (born 1856)

Pancho Villa

Année de décès: 1923

Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (born 1878)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 20 JUILLET

Margaret the Virgin

Christian feast day: Margaret the Virgin

Flag flying days in Norway

Birthday of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (Norway)

Saint Thorlak

Christian feast day: Thorlac (relic translation)

Wilgefortis

Christian feast day: Wilgefortis

July 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: July 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Friendship Day

Día del Amigo (Argentina, Brazil)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Christian feast day: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman (Episcopal Church (USA))

Apollinaris of Ravenna

Christian feast day: Apollinaris of Ravenna

International Chess Day

Public holidays in Colombia

Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Colombia from Spain in 1810.

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