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This Day In History July 20


Mad Anthony Wayne loses to Loyalists in New Jersey Confederates attack at the Battle of Peachtree Creek Sitting Bull surrenders Homesteaders murdered by Wyoming ranchers Caillaux trial begins in Paris Sir Edmund Hillary born Acclaimed author Cormac McCarthy is born Assassination plot against Hitler fails Truman issues peacetime draft King of Jordan assassinated Jan and Dean's "Surf City" hits #1 Viet Cong troops overrun town Nixon watches first lunar landing Duck Hook plan completed Armstrong walks on moon U.S. government study disputes Nader's charges against Corvair Bruce Lee dies at age 32 Viking 1 lands on Mars Second great flood hits Johnstown A serial-killing couple is apprehended
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