Every yearJuly 20
Everything July 20 celebrates
8 national, international, and world observances are on the calendar for July 20 every year, and 1 more lands on it in some years.
| # | Observance | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | International Chess DayLead | Celebration | |
| 02 | Moon Day | Tech | |
| 03 | Nap Day | Health | |
| 04 | National Fortune Cookie Day | Food | |
| 05 | National Lollipop Day | Food |
| 06 | Space Exploration Day | Tech | |
| 07 | Ugly Truck Contest Day | Celebration | |
| 08 | World Jump Day | Celebration |
These are set by a rule rather than a fixed date, so they only land on July 20 in some years.
National Ice Cream Day — 2031
Born on July 20
Historic figures
- Petrarch1304–1374Italian poet and scholar
- Edmund Hillary1919–2008New Zealand mountaineer and explorer
- Gregor Mendel1822–1884Austro-German monk, geneticist and botanist
- Erik Axel Karlfeldt1864–1931Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate
- Mahmud II1785–1839Ottoman sultan
- Pope Innocent IX1519–1591Head of the Catholic Church in 1591
- Frantz Fanon1925–1961French–Algerian psychiatrist and philosopher
- Natalie Wood1938–1981American actress
- Cormac McCarthy1933–2023American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
- Diana Rigg1938–2020English actress
Celebrities & public figures
- Gisele Bündchenb. 1980Brazilian model
- Haakon VIIIb. 1973
- Carlos Santanab. 1947Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Carlos Alazraquib. 1962American actor
- Enrique Peña Nietob. 1966Mexican lawyer and politician
- Sandra Ohb. 1971Canadian actress
- Judy Greerb. 1975American actress and producer
- Josh Hollowayb. 1969American actor
- Julianne Houghb. 1988American singer-songwriter
- Omar Eppsb. 1973American actor
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers July 20 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see July 20, 2027.
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