July 20

Friday 20, 2001:

The 27th G8 summit summit opens in Genoa. An Italian protester in Genoa, Carlo Giuliani, is shot by police.

Saturday 20, 1957:

The Soviet Union closes Peter the Great Bay, which provides access to Vladivostok, to foreign ships.

Monday 20, 1942:

World War II: Red Army troops take bridgeheads over the Don River near Voronezh.

Thursday 20, 1933:

In Germany, two-hundred Jewish merchants are arrested in Nuremberg and paraded through the streets.

Wednesday 20, 1932:

In Washington, D.C., police fire tear gas on World War I veterans part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force who attempt to march to the White House.

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