On this day: July 20

National days on this date

• Peace and Freedom DayA Northern Cyprus national holiday marking the start of the 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation.

Events

1. 2011 Fergana Valley earthquake earthquake

Births

1. 1785 Mahmud II 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808–1839)
2. 1880 Majit Gafuri Tatar poet (1880–1934)
3. 1921 Jahangir Jahangirov Azerbaijani Soviet composer (1921–1992)
4. 1978 Danil Burkenya Russian track and field athlete
5. 1979 Artur Taymazov Uzbek-Russian wrestler and politician
6. 1988 Ruslan Dibirghadzhiyev Azerbaijani wrestler

Deaths

1. 1816 Gavrila Derzhavin Russian poet (1743-1816)
2. 1955 Calouste Gulbenkian Armenian businessman, art collector and philanthropist (1869-1955)
3. 1958 Mirasadulla Mirgasimov Azerbaijani and Soviet surgeon and scientist, the first president of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (1945-1947)