July 20 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1966  Julien Carette, dies of burns at 68   

1967  Race riots in Memphis Tenn.   

1968  Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" is recorded as becoming the inaugural heavy metal song to hit the charts, it comes in at #117.   

1968  Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV   

1968  Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies   

1969  At 10 56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, nearly 240000 miles from earth, spoke these words to millions listening at home   

1969  Man inaugural walks on the moon, brings back lots of rocks.   

1969  The inaugural men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11.   

1970  The inaugural baby born on Alcatraz Island.   

1973  Bruce Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32   

1974  Allen Jenkins actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at 74   

1974  Turkey invades Cyprus.   

1974  Turkish forces invade the island of Cyprus.   

1976  On the seventh anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, the Viking 1 lander, an unmanned U.S. planetary probe.   

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

1976  Tom Lowry, cricketer (early New Zealand Test captain), dies   

1977  Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pa, results in the deaths of 80 and causing $350 mil damage.   

1977  Carter De Haven, actor (Courage, Great Dictator), dies at 90.   

1979  44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Wash   

1982  Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks.   

1983  Frank Reynolds news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59   

1984  Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m.   

1984  Gail Kubik, US composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), dies at 69.   

1985  Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha   

1986  Helen Craig actress (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 74   

1988  Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee.   

1990  Justice William Brennan steps down from the Supreme Court after 36 years   

1991  Kirk Cameron marries Growing Pains co-star Chelsea Noble in upstate NY   

1991  Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant.   

1996  26th Olympic Summer games opens in Atlanta, Georgia.   

1998  On this day in 1998, Attorneys General from 20 states dropped some of their antitrust charges against Microsoft, narrowing their focus in the antitrust case   

2005  Canada's Civil Marriage Act, legalizing same-sex marriage, receives Royal Assent.   

2011  The United Nations declares a famine in southern Somalia, the inaugural in over thirty years   

2011  Goran Hadžić is detained in Serbia, becoming the last of 161 people indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia   

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0810  Imam bukhari: Muslim scholar and compiler of hadith   

1304  Francesco petrarch: Italy, poet (italia mia)   

1513  Gaspar schetz: Dutch treasurer-general   

1519  Innocent ix: [giovanni a facchinetti], 230th catholic pope (1591)   

1537  Arnaud d'ossat: French diplomat and writer   

1600  Simon ives: Composer   

1659  Hyacinthe rigaud: French painter   

1663  Pierre drevet: French engraver   

0833  Death of Ansegis/ansegius: French abbot of fontenelle/author,   

0985  Pope boniface vii: Pope boniface vii   

1031  Death of Robert ii de vrome: King of france (996-1031),   

1156  Death of Emperor toba of japan: Emperor toba of japan (b. 1103)   

1160  Death of Peter lombard: French theologian   

1201  Agnes of france: Queen of france,   

1320  King oshin of armenia: King oshin of armenia (b. 1282)   

1322  Death of Frederik ii van sierck: Bishop of utrecht (1317-22),