Interesting Events That Happened On July 20th

Here's a pretty cool list of things that happened over the years... minus some things... like that moon landing... ENJOY!

2011	Following an outbreak of Hendra virus, Maylaysia delcares a ban the import of horses from Australia
2005	Canada becomes the 4th country to permit same-sex marriage
1997	Michele Redman wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Classic
1994	Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd)
1990	Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years
1989	93 degrees F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix, Arizona
1984	Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m
1984	Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America
1983	France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1982	Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks
1982	T Macauly and D Vosburghs musical "Windy City," premieres in London
1981	Irene Saez, of Venezuela, crowned 30th Miss Universe
1979	44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Wash
1977	Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causing $350 mil damage

1973 Jack Brisco beats Harley Race in Houston, to become NWA champ 1972 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1968 Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV 1968 Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117 1967 Race riots in Memphis, Tennessee 1965 18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hour record) 1964 1st surfin' record to go #1-Jan and Dean's "Surf City" 1963 17 African states and Madagascar sign peace treaty with EC 1963 Verne Gagne beats Crusher Lisowski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ 1962 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 13th Symphony 1960 1st submerged submarine, George Washington, to fire Polaris missile  1960 Sirima Bandaranaike becomes 1st female premier of Ceylon 1960 U.S.S.R. recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space 1956 France recognizes Tunisia's independence 1956 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island 1950 "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC) 1949 Israel's 19 month war of independence ends 1948 Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champ 1948 U.S. Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested 1944 Browns Nelson Potter is 1st pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs 1944 July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler 1944 Liberators of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Gotha Russelsheim/Eisenach 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention 1942 Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines 1940 Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey) 1938 Finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws 1935 1st broadcast of "Gang Busters" on NBC-radio 1934 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record) 1930 106 degrees F (41 degrees C), Washington, D.C. (district record) 1927 Lindbergh begins New York flight (Spirit of St. Louis) 1922 Togo made a mandate of League of Nations 1917 Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats and Slovenes form Yugoslavia 1890 "Gibbons Stamp Monthly" begins publishing 1881 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops 1878 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii 1876 1st U.S. intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, New York; Princeton wins 1872 Mahlon Loomis patents wireless radio 1871 British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province 1868 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes 1858 Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents ) (New York beats Brooklyn 22-18) 1847 German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf 1836 Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension 1810 Colombia declares independence from Spain 1808 Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names 1801 Elisha Brown, Jr. pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm 1773 Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada) 1749 Earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds" 1654 Anglo-Portuguese treaty, Portugal comes under English control 1031 Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of France Information comes via brainyhistory. Check them out for much more.