What happend on 20th July

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21.07
1992

Václav Havel resigns as President of Czechoslovakia.

1990

Iran Contra: All of Colonel Oliver North's convictions for perjury and other offenses are overturned by an appeals court.

1988

The Democrats nominate Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts for President.

1987

The United Nations Security Council demands a ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq War.

1984

Officials of the Miss America pageant ask Vanessa Williams to quit after Penthouse published nude photos of her.

1981

The United States suspends sales of F-16 fighter jets to Israel.

1980

The United Nations Security Council votes 14-0 that member states should not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

1980

Takieddih Solh is named Lebanon's new prime minister.

1980

The United States Air Force reveals it has a stealth plane.

1979

Diana Nyad swims the sixty miles from the Bahamas to Florida.