English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial “Rivers of Blood” speech.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 20 April 1968British politician (1912–1998)
Amethyst incident: The People’s Liberation Army attacks HMS Amethyst (F116) travelling to the British embassy in Nanjing during the Chinese Civil War.📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 20 April 1949Chinese civil war incident
Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.📜 FOOTBALL🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 20 April 1908Rugby league competition operator in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory
France declares war against the “King of Hungary and Bohemia”📜 WARS🌍 FRANCE🗓️ 20 April 1792Habsburg monarch from 1792 to 1835
Oliver Cromwell dissolves England’s Rump Parliament.📜 HISTORY🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 20 April 1653English military and political leader (1599–1658)