July 20th, 1951

Born on July 20th, 1951

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What happened on July 20th, 1951?

July 20th, 1951

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_I_of_Jordan

What else happened on July 20th?

July 20th, 2015

A suicide attack in Suruç, Turkey, for which Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility, killed 34 people and injured 104 others.

July 20th, 2012

A gunman carried out a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.

July 20th, 1997

USS Constitution, one of the United States Navy's original six frigates, sailed for the first time in 116 years after a full restoration.

July 20th, 1982

Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London, killing eleven British Army personnel and seven horses.

July 20th, 1977

Rain from a stalled thunderstorm caused six dams to fail, flooding Johnstown, Pennsylvania, resulting in 84 deaths and $340 in damages.

July 20th, 1976

The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.

July 20th, 1969

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle landed on the Sea of Tranquillity, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later (bootprint pictured).

July 20th, 1950

Korean War: After a month-long campaign, much of the North Korean air force was destroyed by United Nations forces.

July 20th, 1917

Serbian prime minister Nikola Pašić and Yugoslav Committee president Ante Trumbić signed the Corfu Declaration, agreeing to seek the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.

July 20th, 1867

The United States Congress established the Indian Peace Commission to seek peace treaties with a number of Native American tribes.

July 20th, 1807

French brothers Claude and Nicéphore Niépce received a patent for their Pyréolophore, one of the world's first internal combustion engines.

July 20th, 1793

Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific coast at Bella Coola, British Columbia, completing the first recorded transcontinental crossing of North America north of Mexico.

July 20th, 1651

Wars of the Three Kingdoms: After crossing the Firth of Forth, English Commonwealth forces defeated a Scottish army at the Battle of Inverkeithing, opening the rest of the country to occupation.

July 20th, 2021

American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 20th

Born on July 20th, 1951

73

Jeff Rawle

English actor

*July 20th, 1951, Birmingham

73

Harald Grill

German translator

*July 20th, 1951, Hengersberg

68

Hergo

French photographer

*July 20th, 1951, Cholet †January 28th, 2020, 11th arrondissement of Paris

54

Larry Black

Athletics competitor

*July 20th, 1951, Miami †February 8th, 2006, Miami

73

Anna Dymna

Polish actress

*July 20th, 1951, Legnica

73

Paulette Bourgeois

Canadian writer

*July 20th, 1951, Winnipeg

73

Björn Andersson

Swedish footballer (born 1951)

*July 20th, 1951, Perstorp

73

Fritz Sperberg

American actor

*July 20th, 1951, Texas

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71

Marcia Hines

American-Australian singer, actress and TV personality

*July 20th, 1953, Boston

66

Mick MacNeil

Scottish keyboardist

*July 20th, 1958, Barra

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

81

Christian Rode

German actor and voice actor (1936–2018)

*July 20th, 1936, Hamburg †February 15th, 2018, Berlin

92

Lola Albright

American actress and singer (1924–2017)

*July 20th, 1924, Akron †March 23rd, 2017, Toluca Lake

62

Carlos Alazraqui

American actor

*July 20th, 1962, Yonkers

74

Naseeruddin Shah

Indian actor and director

*July 20th, 1950, Barabanki

77

Carlos Santana

Mexican-American guitarist

*July 20th, 1947, Autlán de Navarro

53

Sandra Oh

Canadian and American actress (born 1971)

*July 20th, 1971, Ottawa

24

Csenge Braun

Hungarian beach handball player

*July 20th, 2000, Budapest

84

Dan Rooney

American football executive/owner, philanthropist and diplomat (1932-2017)

*July 20th, 1932, Pittsburgh †April 13th, 2017, Pittsburgh

71

Thomas Friedman

American journalist and author

*July 20th, 1953, St. Louis Park

77

Gerd Binnig

German physicist

*July 20th, 1947, Frankfurt

58

Enrique Peña Nieto

President of Mexico from 2012 to 2018

*July 20th, 1966, Atlacomulco de Fabela

96

Pavel Kohout

Czech poet, playwright, exil writer, film director, politic writer and bookwriter

*July 20th, 1928, Prague

31

Lucas Digne

French association football player

*July 20th, 1993, Meaux

44

Gisele Bündchen

Brazilian fashion model

*July 20th, 1980, Horizontina

41

Barbara Goenaga

Spanish actress

*July 20th, 1983, San Sebastián

91

Sally Ann Howes

British actor and singer

*July 20th, 1930, St John's Wood †December 19th, 2021, Palm Beach Gardens

74

Edward Leigh

British politician (born 1950)

*July 20th, 1950, Metropolitan Borough of Kensington

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73

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

73

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

73

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

73

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

73

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

73

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

73

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

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No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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