Eli Ross Breitbart Frischling was born at Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston on July 20, 2000 at 7:05 a.m. EDT. He was born at 7 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 19.5 inches long.

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According to the National Weather Service, it was a clear morning. Visibility was 10 miles at it was a relatively cool 62.6 degrees with a breeze that clocked in at at 10.4 miles per hour. All in all, a beautiful Boston summer morning.

It was a light news day on the 20th. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak entered their 10th day of negotiations at Camp David while trying to reach a peace accord. Russian President Vladimir Putin toured North Korea and urged the United States to scrap its anti-missile shield. Turmoil in Fiji threatened to divide the country into rival factions in the wake of a coup. The House of Representatives voted to lift some of the trade restrictions against Cuba in the first tentative steps towards restoring relations with the island.

Eli is a hebrew name meaning "Offering" or "High." The name comes from the biblical high priest Eli, who judged Israel for 40 years and instructed the young Samuel. It originally was a short form of Elijah, but has stood alone as a name for hundreds of years.

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Famous People Born on July 20th
1890		Theda Bara (Goodman), Actress
1890		Verna Felton, Actress
1919		Sir Edmund Hillary, First man to climb Mt. Everest
1921		Ted Schroeder, Tennis champion
1925		Lola Albright, Actress
1929		Mike Ilitch, Owner, Detroit Red Wings
1934		Sally Ann Howes, Actress
1936		Butch (Fred) Baird, Golfer
1938		Jo Ann Campbell, Singer
1938		Diana Rigg, Tony Award-winning actress
1938		Natalie Wood (Natasha Gurdin), Actress
1940		Tony (Pedro) Oliva, Three-time American League batting champion
1942		Pete Hamilton, Winner, Daytona 500
1942		Mickey (Mitchell) Stanley, Baseball player
1943		Chris Amon, Auto Racer
1943		John Lodge, Musician, Moody Blues
1944		T.G. Sheppard (William Bowder), Singer
1945		Betty Burfeindt, Golfer, LPGA Champion
1945		Kim Carnes, Grammy Award-winning singer
1946		John Almond, Musician
1947		Carlos Santana, Musician
1963		Dino Esposito, Singer

Historic Events on July 20th
1881		Hunkpapa Teton Sioux leader Sitting Bull surrendered to the U.S. Army, which promised him amnesty for him and his followers.
1951		King Abdullah of Jordan was assassinated by a Palestinian extremist while entering a mosque in the Arab sector in east Jerusalem.
1954		Vietnam signs a peace agreement with France at the Geneva Conference two and a half months after the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu. The agreement ends the first Indochina War.
1969		At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong takes the first step on the moon. Astronault Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin joined him a few minutes later at Tranquility Base.
1976		The U.S. Viking I lander, an unmanned probe, becomes the first vehicle to land on the surface of Mars. It landed 11 months after it was launched on the Chryse Planitia region.