What happend on 20th July

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21.07
1951

King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.

1950

In Belgium, Parliament authorizes king Léopold III to return from exile in Austria.

1949

Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen month war.

1948

In New York City, twelve leaders of the Communist Party USA are indicted under the Smith Act including William Z. Foster and Gus Hall.

1948

President Harry S. Truman issues the first peacetime military draft in the United States amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union.

1947

Pope Pius XII canonizes a French saint, Blessed Louis-Marie Gregnon de Montort.

1946

The U.S. Congress's Pearl Harbor Committee says Franklin D. Roosevelt was completely blameless for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and calls for a unified command structure in the armed forces.

1945

The U.S. Congress approves the Bretton Woods Agreement.

1944

World War II: July 20 Plot

1944

World War II: American troops land on Guam near Port Apra.