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20 July 2022
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
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Historical events
History
2021 - American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin.American businessman (born 1964)
History
2019 - Soyuz MS-13 is launched to the International Space Station on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.2019 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS
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2017 - O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas.American football player and actor (1947–2024)
History
2015 - A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.2015 suicide attack in Suruç, Turkey
History
2015 - The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades.Country primarily in North America
History
2013 - Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.Part of the Colombian conflict
History
2013 - Syrian civil war: The Battle of Ras al-Ayn ends with the expulsion of Islamist forces from the city by the People's Protection Units (YPG).2011–2024 armed conflict in Syria
History
2012 - James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.American mass murderer (born 1987)
History
2012 - Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrîn without resistance.2011–2024 armed conflict in Syria
History
2005 - The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.2005 Canadian law legalizing same-sex marriage
Notable births
Born
1999 - Pop Smoke, American rapper and singer (died 2020)American rapper (1999–2020)
Born
1999 - Goga Bitadze, Georgian basketball playerGeorgian basketball player (born 1999)
Born
1998 - Morgan Geekie, Canadian ice hockey playerCanadian ice hockey player (born 1998)
Born
1996 - Ben Simmons, Australian basketball playerAustralian basketball player (born 1996)
Born
1995 - Moses Leota, New Zealand rugby league playerNew Zealand and Samoa international rugby league footballer
Born
1993 - Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball playerNew Zealand basketball player (born 1993)
Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
Last Quarter
59.6% illuminated
Lunar age: 21.2 days
Sun zodiac
Cancer
27.77 degrees
Constellation: Gemini
Moon zodiac
Aries
26.64 degrees
Constellation: Pisces
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.