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Movie events on the 20th July

1869

"The Innocents Abroad" is published. (Mark Twain, American)

1914

Madame Henriette Caillaux, whose trial for the murder of Gaston Calmette, editor of the newspaper Le Figaro, begins. (Paris, France) (Caillaux Case, The )

1938

Actress Dehlia Draycott born. (Los Angeles, CA) (Nancy Drew)

1944

Operation Valkyrie, a conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler, fails when a bomb detonates but does not kill him. (Rastenburg, East Prussia) (Valkyrie)

1956

A Muslim woman smuggles a pistol in her burka through a French Legionaire checkpoint so it may be used to murder a guardsman sitting at a street cafe. Later that day, two more patrolmen fall victim to meticulously planned and executed assassinations. (Algiers, Algeria) (The Battle of Algiers)

1958

Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts goes off the air. (Sweet Dreams )

1969

Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon. (Apollo 13)

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon in the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle. (Mare Tranquillitatus, The Moon) (Apollo 13)

Man lands on the Moon. (The Moon) (The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard)

1973

Bruce Lee, the greatest martial artist ever, dies of a cerebral edema. (Hong Kong) (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story)

1985

Chris Cole and Emily Poule end up with different people at a party. (Rock Star)

Glenn Gulia cheats on Julia Sullivan. (Richfield, New Jersey) (The Wedding Singer)

1998

Carl Stargher's driver's license issued. (USA) (The Cell)

2000

The day of the bank robbery in Alec's fantasies, which include events of preceding days. (Los Angeles, California) (Rennie's Landing)

2004

A date on a medical card. (Fantastic Mr. Fox)

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