At A Glance

20 July 1946 at a glance

Day of the week
20 July 1946 was a Saturday.
Top Film of 1946
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1946 was Song of the South.
Star sign
The star sign for 20 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 20 July 1946 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 20 July 1946 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 20 July

  • 1940 Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
  • 1941 Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief.
  • 1949 The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
  • 1950 Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
  • 1950 After a month-long campaign, the majority of North Korea's Air Force was destroyed by anti-communist forces.

Famous people born on 20 July

  • Haakon VIII (born 1973)
  • Chris Cornell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1964–2017)
  • Julianne Hough, American singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer (born 1988)
  • Natalie Wood, American actress (1938–1981)

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Events of 1946 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1946 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 7 January – the Minister for Education, Thomas Derrig, announces that because refugee children who arrived in Ireland during the war do not have a sufficient knowledge of the Irish language they cannot obtain the Leaving Certificate.
  • 4 February – it is announced that George Bernard Shaw is to be awarded the freedom of Dublin.
  • 17 June – Aer Lingus inaugurates a Dublin-Paris air service.
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Michael Gambon19 October 1940ActorView their day →Brenda Fricker17 February 1945ActressView their day →Gerry Adams6 October 1948Republican politicianView their day →Phil Lynott20 August 1949Rock musicianView their day →Sinéad Cusack18 February 1948ActressView their day →Rory Gallagher2 March 1948GuitaristView their day →Fionnula Flanagan10 December 1941ActressView their day →Gilbert O'Sullivan1 December 1946Singer-songwriterView their day →

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