07-20-2004, 06:32 AM
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Location: Maryland
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July 20th
1871 ~ British Columbia joined the confederation of Canada.
1919 ~ Birthday of Sir Edmund Hillary, mountain climber.
1923 ~ Death of Pancho Villa, Revolutionary.
1938 ~ Birthday of Natalie Wood, actress: From Here to Eternity, Rebel Without a Cause, West Side Story.
1938 ~ Birthday of Dame Diana Rigg, actress: Mrs. Peel.
1940 ~ Billboard magazine published its first "Music Popularity Chart."
1944 ~ Adolf Hitler survived the “July 20 Plot” assassination attempt led by Claus von Stauffenberg.
1960 ~ Ceylon elected Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first female head of government.
1969 ~ Apollo 11 landed on the Moon and Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin become the first humans to walk on its surface.
1974 ~ Turkey invaded Cyprus
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