Today In History

Today in History: Wednesday, July  20, 2016
AP Highlight in History:
On July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.

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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.
Today’s Birthdays:
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., turns 80 years old today.
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Name Profession Age
Diana Rigg Actress (“The Avengers”) 78
John Lodge Rock musician (The Moody Blues) 73
Kim Carnes Rock singer 71
Larry Craig Former U.S. senator, R-Idaho 71
Carlos Santana Rock musician 69
Josh Holloway Actor (“Lost”) 47
Omar Epps Actor (“House M.D.”) 43
Peter Forsberg Hockey player 43
Judy Greer Actress 41
Charlie Korsmo Actor 38
Elliott Yamin Singer (“American Idol”) 38
Gisele Bundchen Model 36
Stephen Strasburg Baseball player 28
Singer-dancer Julianne Hough (“Dancing with the Stars”) turns 28 years old today.
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