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19 July 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 19 July 2020 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Rockstar” by DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch.
- Top Film of 2020
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2020 was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 19 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 19 July 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 19 July 2020 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 19 July
- 1981 In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
- 1983 The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
- 1997 The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
- 2012 Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria.
- 2018 The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
Famous people born on July 19
- Demi Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1950–2022)
- Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer and politician, Mayor of Kyiv (born 1971)
- Jon Jones, American mixed martial artist (born 1987)
- Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor (born 1976)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2020 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 29 – COVID-19 pandemic: President Donald Trump establishes the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
- January 29 – President Trump signs the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA).
- February 9 – The 92nd Academy Awards, the second in a row with no official host, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Life in the US in 2020
President
Donald Trump
Gas (per gallon)
$2.17
Loaf of Bread
$2.50
Average House
$374,900
Weekly Wage
$984
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