Today in History July 20th

Hello again Gentle Reader, its once again time to strap on our SCUBA gear and dive into the depths of time.

 

 323BC: Alexander the Great of Macedonia is born.

1941: Joseph Stalin creates the NKVD and puts Lavrentiy Beria in charge. 

 

1944: Operation Valkyrie: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.

 

1969: Apollo 11 lands successfully in the Sea of Tranquillity on the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz  Aldrin become the first humans to walk on another world.

1973: Bruce Lee, martial artist and actor, dies.

 

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