Can you name the July 20th in history?

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Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign
Lindbergh begins New York flight (Spirit of St. Louis)
Giuseppe Sarto elected Pope Pius X
1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11
Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)
1st telephone introduced in Hawaii
Time puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich on its cover
1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands
Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is 'I'll Never Smile Again' by Tommy Dorsey)
Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension
Togo made a mandate of League of Nations
1st U.S. intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, New York; Princeton wins
Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 13th Symphony
U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents ) (New York beats Brooklyn 22-18)
Start of 1st Lancashire-Yorkshire clash at Hyde Park, Sheffield
Mahlon Loomis patents wireless radio
Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops
U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island
IRA bomb attacks in London
EventYear
O. J. Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife's klller
Iron Butterfly's 'In-a-gadda-da-vida' becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117
Canada becomes the 4th country to permit same-sex marriage
Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South
Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler
U.S. Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing
U.S.S.R. recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space
Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names
17 African states and Madagascar sign peace treaty with EC
Colombia declares independence from Spain
France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn
German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf
Race riots in Memphis, Tennessee
British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province
1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes
Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Virginia
Round World Air Race begins in Paris
July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler
Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant
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July 20th in history Quiz

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  • Created May 3, 2010 in History
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