Historical Events for 20th July 2022

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514 - St Hormisdas elected as Pope succeeding Pope Sympowerus
1894 - 2000 fed troops recalled from Chicago, having ended Pullman strike
1920 - Dutch soccer club Sportclub Heerenveen is formed; initially known as Athleta; KNVB Cup Champions 2008–09
1928 - The government of Hungary issues a decree ordering Gypsies to end their nomadic ways, settle permanently in one place, subject themselves to the same laws and taxes as other Hungarians
1932 - Franz von Papen launches a coup against the Prussian government
1933 - Germany: Two-hundred Jewish merchants are arrested in Nuremberg and paraded through the streets
1933 - Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Adolf Hitler
1948 - Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champion
1985 - Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha
2020 - Announcement that a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) is able to trigger immune response and antibodies

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