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What Happened On 20th July 1968 In History

July 20th (1968) was a Saturday. It's the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 164 days left to the end of the year.

Historical Events for 20th July, 1968

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

Famous Birthdays on July 20 in 1968

  • » Jimmy Carson, American ice hockey player
  • » Michael Park (actor) known as Michael Park, American actor
  • » Julian Rhind-Tutt, English actor
  • » Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian-American director, screenwriter, and voice actor

July 20th Famous Deaths for 1968

  • » Bray Hammond, American historian and author (b. 1886)

July 20th Holidays in History

  • » Christian Calendar of saints e.g Feast Day:
  • » Apollinaris of Ravenna
  • » Saint Aurelius called Aurelius
  • » Elijah
  • » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • » Margaret the Virgin
  • » Saint Thorlak called Thorlac (translation (relic) named relic translation)
  • » Wilgefortis (cult suppressed)
  • » July 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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