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A heliacal rise of Sirius was recorded by Censorinus as having happened on the Egyptian New Year's Day, 139-142 AD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sothic_cycle#Mechanics_and_discovery

A total solar eclipse occurred on July 20, 1963. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_July_20,_1963



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The CowanReines neutrino experiment was announced to have detected neutrinos on the 20 July 1956
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrino#Direct_detection



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The Polaris missile was first launched in 1960
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43992677/polaris-missile/

Vela 5 (Vela 3A) and Vela 6 (Vela 3B) were launched on the 20th July 1965
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1965-058A

Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

The first word(s) spoken on the Moon was "Shutdown" followed by "Okay, engine stop. ACA - out of detent." 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11#Landing

Viking 1 landed on Mars on July 20, 1976
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc034xX5xPg

Recovery of the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft on July 20, 1999
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t37151114/liberty-bell-7-spacecraft/

Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-135 Reentry 21-07-2011 Cancun Mexico
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XZgu7FStbw#t=106



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Vladimir Afanasyevich Lyakhov (born July 20, 1941) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lyakhov

Marina Popovich (born July 20, 1931) is a legendary Soviet test pilot 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Popovich

Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 - 10/11 June 323 BC) was a king of the Greek kingdom of Macedon. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 - 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50091392/sir-edmund-percival-hillary-1919-2008/

Taicho (July 20, 682 - April 20, 767) was a shugendo monk in Nara period Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taich%C5%8D

Wilgefortis is a female saint of popular religious imagination whose cult arose in the 14th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilgefortis

Gerd Binnig (born 20 July 1947) is a German physicist, and a Nobel laureate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_Binnig

Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20, 1822 - January 6, 1884) was an Austrian scientist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel

Sir Richard Owen (20 July 1804 - 18 December 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t59711335/richard-owen-1804-1892/

Seth Shostak (born July 20, 1943) is an American astronomer known for SETI research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Shostak

Sverre Johannes Aarseth, (born 20 July 1934) is a research scientist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverre_Aarseth

Julie Marie Vinter Hansen (20 July 1890 - 27 July 1960) was a Danish astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Vinter_Hansen

Jean-Henri Focas (20 July 1909 - 3 January 1969) was a Greco-French astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Focas



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The film Sunshine was released in the United States on 20 July 2007.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45525238/sunshine/



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NGC 6509 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 20th July 1879. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58107069/ngc-6509/

NGC 6751 was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth on the 20th July 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58107066/ngc-6751/

NGC 7310 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 20th July 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58107061/ngc-7310/

NGC 7329 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 20th July 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58107055/ngc-7329/

NGC 7341 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 20th July 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58107053/ngc-7341/



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The 1860 Great Meteor procession occurred on July 20, 1860.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36230555/walt-whitman-meteor-mystery/ 

A brilliant fire-ball was seen and heard by at least five witnesses in Sheridan County, Kansas, on July 20, 1898 around 9:00 P.M.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53980930/meteor-july-20-1898/

The Detonating Daylight Fireball of July 20, 1939
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1940JRASC..34..386M



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Meteorites

The Villarrica (stony) meteorite fell in Guaira, Paraguay, on the 20th July, 1925.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43992945/villarrica-meteorite/

The Guareņa (H6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Extremadura, Spain, on the 20th July, 1892.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43992521/guarea-meteorite/

The Bunburra Rockhole (Eucrite) meteorite fell in South Australia, on the 20th July, 2007.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t30983210/bunburra-rockhole-meteorite/



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