July 20 - The Day in History

July 20 : General Interest 1969: Armstrong walks on moon At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, 240,000 miles from Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion people listening at home: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."... read more American Revolution 1780 : Mad Anthony Wayne loses to Loyalists in New Jersey http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mad-anthony-wayne-loses-to-loyalists-in-new-jersey Automotive 1972 : U.S. government study disputes Nader's charges against Corvair http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-government-study-disputes-naders-charges-against-corvair Civil War 1864 : Confederates attack at the Battle of Peachtree Creek http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-peachtree-creek Cold War 1948 : Truman issues peacetime draft http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-issues-peacetime-draft Crime 1984 : A serial-killing couple is apprehended http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-serial-killing-couple-is-apprehended Disaster 1977 : Second great flood hits Johnstown http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/second-great-flood-hits-johnstown General Interest 1881 : Sitting Bull surrenders http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sitting-bull-surrenders 1951 : King of Jordan assassinated http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-of-jordan-assassinated 1976 : Viking 1 lands on Mars http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iviking-1i-lands-on-mars Hollywood 1973 : Bruce Lee dies at age 32 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bruce-lee-dies-at-age-32 Literary 1933 : Acclaimed author Cormac McCarthy is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/acclaimed-author-cormac-mccarthy-is-born Music 1963 : Jan and Dean's "Surf City" hits #1 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jan-and-deans-quotsurf-cityquot-hits-1 Old West 1889 : Homesteaders murdered by Wyoming ranchers http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/homesteaders-murdered-by-wyoming-ranchers Presidential 1969 : Nixon watches first lunar landing http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-watches-first-lunar-landing Sports 1919 : Sir Edmund Hillary born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sir-edmund-hillary-born Vietnam War 1964 : Viet Cong troops overrun town http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/viet-cong-troops-overrun-town 1969 : Duck Hook plan completed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/duck-hook-plan-completed World War I 1914 : Caillaux trial begins in Paris http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/caillaux-trial-begins-in-paris World War II 1944 : Assassination plot against Hitler fails http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/assassination-plot-against-hitler-fails

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