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The following events took place on July 20. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 52 events. Showing 31 - 52.

• 1951

  King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
• 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.
• 1960

  The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.
• 1961

  French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
• 1964

  Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
• 1968

  The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
• 1969

  Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon later that day (Eastern Time Zone).
• 1969

  A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the “Football War”.
• 1974

  Turkish occupation of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
• 1976

  The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
• 1977

  The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments.
• 1982

  Hyde Park and Regent’s Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent’s Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
• 1985

  The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
• 1989

  Burma’s ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
• 1992

  Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
• 1997

  The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
• 1999

  The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
• 2012

  A gunman opens fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.
• 2013

  Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.
• 2015

  A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting The Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.
• 2015

  The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades.

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