National Lollipop Day is marked on July 20 of every year. National Lollipop Day celebrates the popular and tasteful hard candy, i.e., Lollipop. Lollipop is a sugar candy placed on a stick. Lollipops are also called as lolly, pop, dum-dum, sucker, sticky-pop, etc.,.and are available in many different flavours, colours, shapes, sizes and varieties. Lollipops are found to be enjoyed by people ever since the caveman, in the way of honey on sticks. George Smith is the person who owned a small candy shop in America named the lollipops so after his favourite racehorse. There is no age limit to enjoy this candy, so buy some lollipops and relive your childhood memories. National Lollipop Day celebrates the creation of the candies.
International Chess Day is observed on July 20 of every year. International Chess Day celebrates the game chess in many countries around the world. Chess is a strategic game played between two using a 64 square checkered board and the person who captures the king of the other is considered to be the winner. Chess is the only sport that is played and celebrated by the majority of adults and kids in the world. Chess is a unique indoor game that can be learnt quickly but challenging to master. Chess has stood the test of time, serving for centuries with few changes to the underlying rules. Chess connects people with art, culture and science. On this day FIDE organises for events and competition for players all around the globe. International Chess Day ultimately encourages more people to play and enjoy the game.
The Colombian Declaration of Independence refers to the events of July 20, 1810, in Santa Fe de Bogota, in the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Granada. They resulted in the establishment of a Junta de Santa Fe that day. The experience in self-government eventually led to the creation of the Republic of Colombia.(Note: The initial ambitious area, in accordance with the Viceroyalty of New Granada and Captaincy of Venezuela, included much more than current Colombia; to differentiate it, historians call this supra-nation: Republic of Gran Colombia.)
