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20th July

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1969: Armstrong walks on moon


At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, nearly 240,000 miles from Earth, speaks these words to millions listening and watching on television at home: 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.' A moment later, he stepped off the lunar landing module Eagle, and became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. Another astronaut, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, joined him a few minutes later, and together they took photographs of the terrain, planted a U.S. flag, ran a few simple scientific tests, and, the next day, departed. The astronauts left behind a plaque that read: 'Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the Moon--July 1969 A.D.--We came in peace for all mankind.'

1989

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest for outspoken attacks on the country's military rulers.

1986

Australian golfer Greg Norman wins the Open.

1982

An IRA terrorist bomb in Hyde Park, London kills 3 members of the Blues and Royals during the Changing of the Guard ceremony. Two hours later 8 bandsmen are killed by an IRA bomb planted at the bandstand in Regent's Park.

1975

Unmanned US spacecraft Viking 1 makes a successful soft landing on the surface of Mars following an 11 month voyage from Earth.

1974

Turkish troops invade northern Cyprus.

1962

The opening of the first public hovercraft service - sailing between Rhyl in north Wales to Wallasey.

1944

World War II: German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt by German staff officer Count Claus Schenk Von Stauffenberg who explodes a bomb inside Hitler's headquarters at Rastenberg in East Prussia. Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators are rounded up and executed.

1940

First singles chart is published in the USA by Billboard. The No 1 record is I'll Never Smile Again by the Tommy Dorsey Band with vocals by Frank Sinatra.

1917

In the Pact of Corfu, Serbs, Croats and Slovenes agree to form a union called Yugoslavia.

1871

Founding of the English Football Asssociation's Challenge Cup Competition - which becomes known as the FA Cup.

1837

Opening of London's first major railway station - at Euston.

1938

American film actress Natalie Wood.

1938

English actress Diana Rigg.

1925

French statesman and European Commission President (1985-1994) Jacques Delors.

1919

New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hilary.

1847

German post-impressionist painter Max Liebermann.

1973

Kung Fu expert and film star Bruce Lee, aged 33, is found dead in his flat in Hong Kong.

1951

Assassination of King Abdullah of Jordan while entering a mosque in Jerusalem.

1937

Italian physicist and wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi.