Also on July 20
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Declaration of Independence (CO) · Día de la Independencia (CO) · Marine Day (JP) · 海の日 (JP)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2017 — O.J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed... ↗
- 2015 — A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at... ↗
- 2015 — The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades. ↗
- 2013 — Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca. ↗
- 2012 — James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1996 — Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player
- 1995 — Moses Leota, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1993 — Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball player
- 1991 — Chiyoshōma Fujio, Mongolian sumo wrestler
- 1991 — Ryan James, Australian rugby league player