Saturday, July 20, 2013
AP Highlight in History:
On July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.
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Neil Armstrong: "the Eagle has landed."
Neil Armstrong: "one small step for man"
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On this date in:
1810
Colombia declared independence from Spain.
1861
The Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in Richmond, Va.
1871
British Columbia joined the confederation as a Canadian province.
1881
Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull surrendered to federal troops.
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1917
The World War I draft lottery began.
1944
Adolf Hitler was only slightly wounded when a bomb planted by would-be assassins exploded at the German leader's Rastenburg headquarters.
1944
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for an unprecedented fourth term at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
1976
America's Viking 1 robot spacecraft landed on Mars.
1977
A flash flood hit Johnstown, Pa., killing 80 people and causing $350 million in damage.
1990
A federal appeals court set aside Oliver North's Iran-Contra convictions.
1993
White House deputy counsel Vince Foster was found shot to death in a park near Washington, D.C., in an apparent suicide.
1999
After 38 years at the bottom of the Atlantic, astronaut Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 Mercury capsule was recovered.
2007
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted almost totally along party lines, 13-6, to approve Elena Kagan to be the Supreme Court's fourth female justice.
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Today's Birthdays:
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., turns 77 years old today.
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Name
Profession
Age
Diana Rigg
Actress ("The Avengers")
75
John Lodge
Rock musician (The Moody Blues)
70
Kim Carnes
Rock singer
68
Larry Craig
Former U.S. senator, R-Idaho
68
Carlos Santana
Rock musician
66
Josh Holloway
Actor ("Lost")
44
Omar Epps
Actor ("House M.D.")
40
Peter Forsberg
Hockey player
40
Judy Greer
Actress
38
Charlie Korsmo
Actor
35
Elliott Yamin
Singer ("American Idol")
35
Gisele Bundchen
Model
33
Stephen Strasburg
Baseball player
25
Singer-dancer Julianne Hough ("Dancing with the Stars") turns 25 years old today.
AP Photo/Chris Pizzello