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July 20: On This Day in History

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On This Day in History

July 20, 2020

Historical Events

1881  Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to US federal troops

1921  Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson becomes the first woman to preside over the floor of US House of Representatives

1954  Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South

1969  Apollo 11 lunar module carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin lands on the surface of the Moon; Aldrin and Armstrong walk on the moon seven hours later; Michael Collins remains in orbit in the lunar module

1976  US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing

2017  China announces a plan against "foreign garbage" banning 24 categories of plastic and recyclable waste from 2018

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Bruce Lee

(1940 - 1973)

Guglielmo Marconi

(1874 - 1937)
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