What happened on July 20 July 20, 0514 Pope Hormisdas assumes.Roman Catholic Church. July 20, 1868 The first use of tax stamps on cigarettes July 20, 1872 Mahlon Loomis receives patent for wireless ... the radio is born July 20, 1881 "Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops" July 20, 1885 The Football Association legalises professionalism in football under pressure from the British Football Association. July 20, 1903 Ford Motor Company shipped its first car. July 20, 1926 A convention of the Methodist Church votes to allow women to become priests. July 20, 1933 Germany: Two-hundred Jewish merchants are arrested in Nuremberg and paraded through the streets. July 20, 1937 "Two black men accused of stabbing a policeman are taken by a mob from the county jail in Tallahassee, Florida and lynched." July 20, 1944 Abortive attempt on Hitler's life by a group of Nazi officers. July 20, 1969 "At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, nearly 240,000 miles from earth, spoke these words to millions listening at home" July 20, 1969 "The first men on Moon, Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11" July 20, 1974 "Turkish occupation of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a ""coup d' etat"", organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios. NATO's Council praises the US and the United Kingdom for attempts to settle the dispute. Syria and Egypt put their militaries on alert." July 20, 1976 Vietnam War: The US military completes its troop withdrawal from Thailand. July 20, 1982 "Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regents Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses." July 20, 1990 A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes at the International Stock Exchange in London. July 20, 1991 Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant July 20, 1996 "In Spain, an ETA bomb at an airport kills 35" July 20, 2003 "Richard Sambrook, the Director of BBC News, reveals that David Kelly was the source of claims that Downing Street had ""sexed up"" the ""Dodgy Dossier""."
