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Events in July 2020 7
1916 – 2020Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020)Died 26 July 2020, aged 104Olivia de Havilland was a two-time Academy Award-winning actress best remembered for playing Melanie in Gone with the Wind. She died on 26 July 2020 in Paris, at the age of 104.
1928 – 2020Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)Died 6 July 2020, aged 91Ennio Morricone was an Italian composer who scored more than 400 films, including Sergio Leone's "Dollars" trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West, and won an Academy Award for The Hateful Eight. He died on 6 July 2020 from complications of a fall.
1931 – 2020Regis Philbin (1931-2020)Died 24 July 2020, aged 88Regis Philbin was an American television host best known for Live! with Regis and Kelly and for hosting Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He died of natural causes on 24 July 2020.
1940 – 2020John Lewis (1940-2020)Died 17 July 2020, aged 80John Lewis was a leader of the American civil rights movement who helped organize the 1965 Selma march and later served over three decades as a US congressman from Georgia. He died of pancreatic cancer on 17 July 2020.
1945 – 2020Herman Cain (1945-2020)Died 30 July 2020, aged 74Herman Cain was an American businessman and 2012 Republican presidential candidate who later chaired the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He died of complications from COVID-19 on 30 July 2020.
2020Reconverted to a mosque -- 2020On 10 July 2020, Turkey's Council of State annuls the 1934 cabinet decree that converted Hagia Sophia to a museum, and President Erdogan signs a decree transferring it to the Diyanet (Presidency of Religious Affairs) for use as a mosque. The first Friday prayers are held on 24 July 2020. The conversion is welcomed in Turkey and across the Muslim world; it is condemned by the Greek government, UNESCO, the World Council of Churches, the United States and the European Union. The Byzantine mosaics remain uncovered but are hidden during prayer times by curtains or lighting adjustments. The building is open to non-Muslim visitors outside prayer times.
20202020 World Snooker ChampionshipO’Sullivan Title 6Delayed due to COVID-19. Winner: Ronnie O’Sullivan; Runner-up: Kyren Wilson. Score: 18–8.