Historically Speaking of July 20th

Today is the 201st day of the year – there are 164 days remaining in 2006

Today is World Jump Day

Notable events from this date:

• 1977 - The city of Johnstown, PA is again flooded as dams in the Conemaugh Valley fail
• 1976 - Unmanned space probe Viking I lands Mars
• 1976 - Hank Aaron hits his 755th and last homerun – all without steroids and in bigger ballparks
• 1969 - Astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes 1st man to walk on the moon
• 1965 - NY Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam
• 1951 - King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian nationalist
• 1944 - A bomb in Hitler’s briefcase goes off but fails to kill him
• 1881 - Hunkpapa Teton Sioux Chief Sitting Bull surrenders to U.S. Army

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