July 20 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for July 20
In the headlines today:

2004	Warner Brothers releases a 5-disc boxed set by the Faces, entitled Five Guys Walk Into A Bar.
2000	Two former Utah Olympic officials are indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly bribing other officials to bring the 2002 games to Salt Lake City.
1983	ABC News anchor Frank Reynolds dies at age 59, and is succeeded by Peter Jennings.
1976	The NASA spacecraft Viking One makes a successful landing on Mars.
1973	Actor-martial arts expert Bruce Lee dies in a Hong Kong apartment.
1969	Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the surface of the moon.
1951	King Abdullah Ibn Hussein of Jordan is assassinated in Jerusalem.
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first US president nominated for a fourth term of office at the Democratic convention in Chicago.
1944	High-ranking Nazi officers fail in their attempt to blow up Adolf Hitler at his headquarters in Rastenburg, Germany.
1942	The first group of WACs begins their basic training at Ft. Des Moines, IA, during WWII.
1871	British Columbia becomes a Canadian province.
1810	Colombia declares its independence from Spain.