Today in History July 20

A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history.

1402		Tamerlane's Mongols defeat the Ottoman Turks at Angora.
1588		The Spanish Armada sets sail from Corunna.
1715		The Riot Act goes into effect in England.
1864		Confederate General John Bell Hood attacks Union forces under General William T. Sherman outside Atlanta.
1867		Imperial troops in Guizhou, China, kill 20,000 Miao rebels.
1881		Sioux chief Sitting Bull surrenders to the U.S. Army.
1917		Alexander Kerensky becomes the premier of Russia.
1942		The U.S. Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) begins its first training class at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
1944		Adolf Hitler is wounded in an assassination attempt by German Army officers at Rastenburg.
1950		The U.S. Army's Task Force Smith is pushed back by superior North Korean forces.
1951		King Abdullah of Jordan is assassinated.
1969		Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon.
1976		The Viking spacecraft lands on Mars and begins taking soil samples.

Güncelleme Tarihi: 20 Temmuz 2018, 10:31

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