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On This Day in History

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  1. Apollo 11 Moon Landing — Humanity's Giant Leap Exploration
  2. Louise Brown: First Test-Tube Baby Born Science & discovery
  3. Apollo 11 crew splashes down: first humans return from the Moon Exploration
  4. Austria-Hungary's ultimatum to Serbia sparks path to World War I War & conflict
  5. First Color Television Broadcast Succeeds Technology
  6. First Battle of Bull Run Begins War & conflict
  7. Operation Valkyrie Assassination Attempt War & conflict
  8. Apollo-Soyuz: The First Space Handshake Technology
  9. USS Indianapolis Sunk by Japanese Torpedoes War & conflict
  10. Potsdam Conference Reshapes Post-War World Politics & state
  11. Trinity: The First Atomic Bomb Science & discovery
  12. Apollo and Soyuz Dock in Orbit Technology
  13. Mariner 4 Sends First Close-Up Mars Images to Earth Science & discovery
  14. World's First Commercial Telephone Exchange Opens Technology
  15. Battle of the Boyne: William III defeats James II, securing Protestant rule in Ireland War & conflict
  16. Srebrenica Falls; 8,000 Slain in Genocide War & conflict
  17. Telstar Satellite Enables First Transatlantic Television Transmission Technology
  18. Juan de la Cierva Demonstrates Autogyro Technology
  19. The Roswell UFO Mystery Begins Science & discovery
  20. Japan Launches Full-Scale Invasion of China at Marco Polo Bridge War & conflict
  21. Sir Thomas More Executed for Defying Henry VIII Politics & state
  22. NHS Established: Free Healthcare for All Britain Politics & state
  23. The Higgs Boson Confirmed Science & discovery
  24. Battle of Gettysburg Concludes—Union Victory Secured War & conflict
  25. Amelia Earhart disappearance Exploration
  26. The Battle of Gettysburg begins War & conflict
  27. The Tunguska Event Natural disaster
  28. Jacques Cartier's arrival in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Exploration
  29. Treaty of Versailles Politics & state
  30. Start of the Korean War War & conflict
  31. Ich bin ein Berliner speech Politics & state
  32. French surrender to Germany War & conflict
  33. Napoleon's invasion of Russia War & conflict
  34. Title IX Politics & state
  35. Germany launches Operation Barbarossa War & conflict
  36. Three civil rights workers are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi Politics & state
  37. Transfer of Wernher von Braun to the United States Technology
  38. Juneteenth Politics & state
  39. Napoleon's Defeat at Waterloo War & conflict
  40. Mumtaz Mahal's Death and the Taj Mahal People
  41. Incorporation of the Ford Motor Company Technology
  42. Magna Carta Politics & state
  43. Adoption of the Stars and Stripes Politics & state
  44. 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution Politics & state
  45. Ronald Reagan's Brandenburg Gate speech Politics & state
  46. Benjamin Franklin demonstrates the connection between lightning and electricity Science & discovery
  47. Six-Day War War & conflict
  48. Six-Day War: Israel captures the Gaza Strip War & conflict
  49. Start of the Six-Day War War & conflict
  50. The Continental Congress drafts the United States Declaration of Independence Politics & state
  51. Battle of Belleau Wood War & conflict
  52. Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Attempt Politics & state
  53. Dunkirk evacuation ends War & conflict
  54. The Battle of France begins during World War II War & conflict
  55. Launch of Mars Express Science & discovery
  56. Magna Carta signing Politics & state
  57. Formation of the Union of South Africa Politics & state
  58. Wright brothers patent their Flying Machine Technology
  59. First Ascent of Mount Everest Exploration
  60. The Spanish Armada sets sail War & conflict