On This Day in History July 20, 2019

Historical Events 1881  Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to US federal troops 1921  Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson becomes the first woman to preside over the floor of US House of Representatives 1954  Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South 1969  Apollo 11 lunar module carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins lands on the surface of the Moon; Aldrin and Armstrong walk on the moon seven hours later 1976  US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing 2017  China announces a plan against “foreign garbage” banning 24 categories of plastic and recyclable waste from 2018 More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Alexander the Great (356 BC - 323 BC) Carlos Santana 72nd Birthday Edmund Hillary (1919 - 2008) Mad Dog Coll (1908 - 1932) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Bruce Lee (1940 - 1973) Guglielmo Marconi (1874 - 1937) More Famous Deaths