On this day in sports: July 20

1. 1968 The first games of the Special Olympics (athletes pictured), for athletes with intellectual disabilities, were held at Soldier Field in Chicago. Source
2. 1968 The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities. Source
3. 1996 Born: Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player Source
4. 1998 Born: Morgan Geekie, Canadian ice hockey player Source
5. 1999 Born: Goga Bitadze, Georgian basketball player Source
6. 2017 O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas. Source

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