Today in History for 20th July 2017:
Historical Events
1808 – Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names
1866 – Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy
1944 – British and Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy
1975 – India expels three reporters from The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and Newsweek because they refused to sign a pledge to abide by government censorship.
1994 – O.J. Simpson offers $ 500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife’s klller
1997 – 126th British Golf Open: American Justin Leonard shoots a 272 to win at Royal Troon
Famous Birthdays
1868 – Miron Cristea, 1st Patriarch of All Romania (d. 1939)
1926 – Patricia Cutts, English actress (d. 1974)
1934 – Uwe Johnson, German writer
1944 – Wim Van Drimmelen, Dutch sect Science Council of Government policy
1945 – John Lodge, English bassist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin), born in Birmingham
1979 – Miklos Feher, Hungarian football player (d. 2004)
Famous Deaths
1825 – Joseph-Denis Doche, composer, dies at 58
1901 – William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
1944 – Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 – Ludwig Beck, gen/chief Germany general staff (July 20th plot), dies
1944 – Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, count/German antifascist colonel, dies
1993 – Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79