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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_20" title="July 20">July 20</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1333" title="1333">1333</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_War_of_Scottish_Independence" title="Second War of Scottish Independence">Second War of Scottish Independence</a>: The Scottish-held town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwick-upon-Tweed" title="Berwick-upon-Tweed">Berwick-upon-Tweed</a> surrendered to English forces, ending <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Berwick_(1333)" title="Siege of Berwick (1333)">a siege</a></b> led by King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_III_of_England" title="Edward III of England">Edward III</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1867" title="1867">1867</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> established the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Peace_Commission" title="Indian Peace Commission">Indian Peace Commission</a></b> to seek peace treaties with a number of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American tribes</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a> – The prime minister of Serbia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Pa%C5%A1i%C4%87" title="Nikola Pašić">Nikola Pašić</a>, and the president of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_Committee" title="Yugoslav Committee">Yugoslav Committee</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ante_Trumbi%C4%87" title="Ante Trumbić">Ante Trumbić</a>, signed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corfu_Declaration" title="Corfu Declaration">Corfu Declaration</a></b>, agreeing to seek the establishment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" title="Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Special_Olympics_World_Summer_Games" title="1968 Special Olympics World Summer Games">The first games</a> of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Olympics" title="Special Olympics">Special Olympics</a></b>, for athletes with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_disability" title="Intellectual disability">intellectual disabilities</a>, were held at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a> in Chicago.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> – The animated film <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirited_Away" title="Spirited Away">Spirited Away</a></b></i>, written and directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki" title="Hayao Miyazaki">Hayao Miyazaki</a>, was released, becoming the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_Japan" title="List of highest-grossing films in Japan">highest-grossing film in Japanese history</a> until 2020.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Hutchinson" title="Anne Hutchinson">Anne Hutchinson</a></b> (<abbr title="baptised">bapt.</abbr> 1591); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Dzerzhinsky" title="Felix Dzerzhinsky">Felix Dzerzhinsky</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1926); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panagiotis_Kavvadias" title="Panagiotis Kavvadias">Panagiotis Kavvadias</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1928); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgitta_Ohlsson" title="Birgitta Ohlsson">Birgitta Ohlsson</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1975)</p>
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