Remembrance on July 20
1654 - Portugal came under English control.
1810 - Colombia got independence from Spain.
1847 - German astronomer Theodor discovered Comet Brorsen-Metcalf.
1848 - First Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls.
1855 - First train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands.
1868 - First use of tax stamps on cigarettes.
1871 - British Columbia became the 6th Canadian province.
1878 - First telephone introduced in Hawaii.
1903 - The Ford Motor Company introduced its first car.
1920 - Heerenveen soccer team formed.
1924 - Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) formed in Paris.
1935 - First broadcast of "Gang Busters" on NBC-radio.
1947 - First political action of the Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra.
1956 - France recognized Tunisia's independence.
1960 - U.S.S.R. recovered 2 dogs. First living organisms to return from space.
1960 - Sirima Bandaranaike became the first female premier of Ceylon.
1960 - First submerged submarine in George Washington.
1968 - First International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago.
National Event:
1903 - British to increase the size of the Royal Army in India.
1905 - First Partition of Bengal was proposed by Lord Curzon and accepted by the British Government's Minister of India.
1924 - Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
1955 - Suez Canal nationalized by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
Days Observed on July 20:
Tree Planting Day - Central African Republic.
Engineer's Day - Costa Rica.
Independence Day - Colombia.
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