What to remember about July 20th…
- 1864 Confederates attack in Battle of Peachtree Creek outside Atlanta; fail to drive Union from river crossing
- 1934 Teamsters violence during strike in Minneapolis leads to shooting by police; 2 strikers die and 67 wounded
- 1938 Department of Justice files suit against motion picture studios vor violation of anti-trust laws; leads to break-up of industry in 1948
- 1944 Claus von Stauffenberg’s plot to assassinate Hitler fails
- 1949 Syria and Israel sign armistice; final step to ending 1948 Arab-Israeli War
- 1951 Palestinian nationalist murders King Abdulla I of Jordan while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem
- 1968 1st Special Olympic Games begin in Chicago
- 1969 Command module of Apollo 11 lands on the moon; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin will become 1st humans to walk on Moon
- 1973 American martial-arts film actor Bruce Lee dies (b. 1940)
- 1979 NASA’s Viking I makes 1st landing on another planet; sends back 1st photos and data from Martian surface
- 1993 Former White House counsel Vincent Foster found dead in Fort Marcy Park, Va of apparent suicide
- 1997 Completely restored USS Constitution sets sail to celebrate her 200th birthday; 1st voyage in 116 years
UPDATE: 2012 In Aurora, Colorado a shooter opens fire at midnight showing of new Batman movie The Dark Night Rises ; 12 dead and 50 wounded
