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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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Ecuador deploys 75,000 soldiers to crime-ridden provinces

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US economy grows at a sluggish 1.5% with inflation stubbornly high

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Trump encourages Latin American leaders to use military action to help US fight cartels

Cruise missile strikes Ukraine's city of Lviv, injuring dozens

Cuba shuts its Quito embassy as Ecuador expels its diplomats

Australian watchdog files legal action against Telegram

Colombian and Ecuadorian merchants protest escalating trade war

US launches strikes on Iranian targets after foiled missile attack on US forces

Ecuador declares Cuba's ambassador 'persona non grata'

France's Bordeaux wine country brace for economic pain as wildfires rage

US and Ecuador launch operation against organized crime groups

Hope dwindles for rescue in Japan quake as death toll climbs to 25

Ecuador's president slams Colombia as a trade war escalates

UK police arrests dozens at protest supporting banned group Palestine Action

Gunmen in military uniforms storm rural Ecuador property, killing 7

30-year US mortgage rate rises to highest level in a year at 6.66%

Galápagos park releases 158 juvenile hybrid tortoises to restore the ecosystem

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