On this day: July 20

July 20: Friend's Day in Argentina and other Latin American countries; Independence Day in Colombia (1810); Marine Day in Japan (2015)

• 1592 – During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.
• 1807 – French brothers Claude and Nicéphore Niépce received a patent for their Pyréolophore, one of the world's first internal combustion engines.
• 1940 – The Arroyo Seco Parkway (pictured), one of the first freeways built in the United States, opened to traffic, connecting downtown Los Angeles with Pasadena, California.
• 1982 – Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London, killing eleven people and wounding over 50 others.
• 2005 – The Civil Marriage Act received its Royal Assent, legalizing same-sex marriage in Canada.

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