On This Day in History
Discover key historical events within the Genesis range (1950–2049) that occurred on this calendar day, and claim their commemorative registry plaques.
July 20
11 historical milestones registered between 1950 and 2049
Korean War: After a month-long campaign, much of the North Korean air force was destroyed by United Nations forces.
Wikipedia: Korean War
Abdullah I of Jordan was assassinated while visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Wikipedia: Abdullah I of Jordan
The first games of the Special Olympics (athletes pictured), for athletes with intellectual disabilities, were held at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Wikipedia: 1968 Special Olympics World Summer GamesThe Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle landed on the Sea of Tranquillity, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later (bootprint pictured).
Wikipedia: Apollo 11
The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.
Wikipedia: Viking 1
Rain from a stalled thunderstorm caused six dams to fail, flooding Johnstown, Pennsylvania, resulting in 84 deaths and $340 in damages.
Wikipedia: Johnstown flood of 1977
Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London, killing eleven British Army personnel and seven horses.
Wikipedia: Provisional Irish Republican Army
USS Constitution, one of the United States Navy's original six frigates, sailed for the first time in 116 years after a full restoration.
Wikipedia: USS Constitution
Twenty-three-year-old Italian anti-globalist Carlo Giuliani was shot dead by a police officer while protesting outside the 27th G8 summit held in Genoa, Italy.
Wikipedia: Death of Carlo Giuliani
A gunman carried out a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.
Wikipedia: James Holmes (mass murderer)
A suicide attack (aftermath pictured) in Suruç, Turkey, for which Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility, killed 34 people and injured 104 others.
Wikipedia: Suruç bombing