CoM Moderators Posted July 20 Posted July 20 1654 - Anglo-Portuguese treaty is reinforced, England guarantees Portugal’s independence and receives trade concessions 1712 - The Riot Act takes effect in Great Britain 1793 - Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie completes the first European east-to-west crossing of America north of Mexico 1926 - A convention of the Methodist Church votes to allow women to become priests 1943 - Jacques Lusseyran is arrested by the Gestapo after being betrayed by a fellow member of the French resistance 1951 - Talal bin Abdullah (42) is coronated as King of Jordan, after the assassination of his father 1963 - Verne Gagne beats Crusher Lisowski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ 1981 - Irene Sáez, of Venezuela, crowned 30th Miss Universe 1982 - Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: 11 British soldiers and 7 military horses killed in Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attacks during military ceremonies in London 2020 - Scientists find evidence of volcanoes on Venus, showing the planet is not as dormant as previously thought (Nature Geoscience) More Historical Events »
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