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Today in History - What Happened on this Day

Today in History - What Happened on this Day

July 20, 2026

20 July 2026

Today in History - What Happened on this Day

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Former President Juan Orlando Hernández returns to Honduras

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Dry summers put Dutch dikes at risk and threaten German river trade

Panamanian 'banderazo' fills Times Square ahead of final group match

'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' nets second best opening ever with $355 million

US Senator warns of plan to hastily remove 500 unaccompanied migrant children

Hundreds of thousands line Amsterdam canals for annual Pride boat parade

Colombians vote in a presidential runoff that pits an outsider against a progressive

Body of famed international climber Nirmal Purja found after Pakistan avalanche

US sanctions over 100 Nicaraguan officials and relatives with travel ban

Moscow mayor calls deadly bomb attack on a restaurant a 'terrorist act'

Ship ferrying aid from Mexico and Belize docks in Cuba as crises deepen

In-N-Out Burger employee among 3 dead in shooting at Idaho fast-food restaurant

Tropical Storm Cristina forms off coast of Nicaragua, forecasters say

A blaze on an Indonesian passenger ferry leaves at least 5 dead

Trump administration has separated dozens of children from their parents for a second time, AP finds

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Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera dies in Nicaragua

Suicide bomber strikes in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 14

US calls for Nicaragua to free imprisoned Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera

Wall Street week ahead: monthly jobs report, McDonald's and SpaceX earnings

Pentagon watchdog to evaluate US military's boat strikes in Latin America

Eastern Washington fires burn 600 structures and evacuation of 5,000 homes

US deportations to El Salvador double as Bukele aligns himself with Trump

Sen. Bernie Moreno says former son-in-law Max Miller should not serve in the House

Honduras arrests ex-mayor accused of masterminding killing

Annual bridge-diving competition takes place in Kosovo

Salvadoran news outlet El Faro assets frozen in retaliation for reporting on Bukele

2 killed when firefighting helicopters collide near Athens

Costa Rica's leader to keep immunity as minister in his successor's government

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