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July 20 is the 201th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (202th if leap year). It 164 days before the end of the year.

Celebrations

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Events

Aurora Fusillade

(July, 20 2012)
On the night of 19 to 20 July 2012 at 0:39 (local time), in a movie theater in Aurora (Colorado - United States) James Eagan Holmes, 24, kills twelve people and wounded fifty-eight by opening fire for a premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises".

Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada

(July, 20 2005)
Bill C-38 was approved at second reading on May 4 by 164 to 137 and third reading on June 28 by 158 to 133. On July 19, 2005, the Senate passed the law by a vote of 47 to 21, Received Royal Assent on July 20, 2005.

First Successful Landing on Mars

(July, 20 1976)
Viking 1 is the name of the first of two probes of the Viking program sent in 1975. It was the second interplanetary spacecraft (5 years after March 3) to land on Mars and to succeed its mission.

First man on the moon

(July, 20 1969)
Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to set foot on the moon.Apollo 11 who left Earth July 16, 1969 has landed on the moon July 20, 1969.Buzz Aldrin will follow his compatriot 15 minutes later.

Sayings

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Astrology

Sign of the Zodiac: 29th day of the astrological sign of Cancer.