Today in History: July 20, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walk on the moon

This day is Sunday July the st day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On July astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after reaching its surface in their Apollo lunar module Also on this date In America s World War I draft lottery began as Secretary of War Newton Baker wearing a blindfold reached into a glass bowl and pulled out a capsule containing the number during a ceremony inside the Senate office building Related Articles Lawyer argues Call of Duty maker can t be held responsible for actions of Uvalde shooter Time to go vegetarian Cost of chicken and ground beef hit record highs Astronomer CEO resigns after video of romantic moment at Coldplay concert shatters internet This day in History July the Seneca Falls Convention Editorial Trump sends WBUR GBH a wake-up call In an attempt by a group of German officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a bomb failed as the explosion only wounded the Nazi leader In Jordan s King Abdullah I was assassinated in Jerusalem by a Palestinian gunman who was shot dead on the spot by assurance In America s Viking robot spacecraft made a fruitful first-ever landing on Mars In a flash flood hit Johnstown Pennsylvania killing more than people and causing million worth of damage In Supreme Court Justice William J Brennan one of the court s preponderance liberal voices informed he was stepping down In White House deputy counsel Vincent Foster Jr was detected shot to death in a park near Washington D C it was ruled a suicide In the Senate voted - to renew the landmark Voting Rights Act for another quarter-century In President George W Bush signed an executive order prohibiting cruel and inhuman healing including humiliation or denigration of religious beliefs in the detention and interrogation of terrorism persons In gunman James Holmes opened fire inside a crowded movie theater in Aurora Colorado during a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises killing people and wounding others Holmes was later convicted of murder and attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole In the United States and Cuba restored full diplomatic relations after more than five decades of frosty relations rooted in the Cold War In the current era s Birthdays Former Sen Barbara A Mikulski D-Md is Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Oliva is Artist Judy Chicago is Country singer T G Sheppard is Singer Kim Carnes is Rock musician Carlos Santana is Author and commentator Thomas Friedman is Rock musician Paul Cook Sex Pistols is Actor Frank Whaley is Conservationist and TV personality Terri Irwin is Rock musician Stone Gossard Pearl Jam is Actor Josh Holloway TV Lost is Singer Vitamin C is Actor Sandra Oh is Hockey Hall of Famer Peter Forsberg is Actor Omar Epps is Basketball Hall of Famer Ray Allen is Hockey Hall of Famer Pavel Datsyuk is Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is Actor Percy Daggs III is Actor John Francis Daley is Dancer-singer-actor Julianne Hough is Former MLB pitcher Stephen Strasburg is