Apollo 11: Armstrong and Aldrin Walk on the Moon
Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface to collect 47.5 pounds of moon rocks while Michael Collins orbited above, instantly ending the Space Race and fulfilling John F. Kennedy's 1961 pledge before a billion viewers watched on live television. This triumphant return of the crew to Earth in the Pacific Ocean proved humanity could leave our world and survive, shifting global focus from Cold War competition to the practical possibilities of space exploration.
July 20, 1969
57 years ago
Key Figures & Places
What Else Happened on July 20
The fortress fell in July, but Titus's 60,000 legionaries found themselves trapped in Jerusalem's narrow streets. Zealot fighters turned every alley into an amb…
en Roma comienza el pontificado del papa cristiano Hormisdas.
525 km al norte de Roma (península itálica), después de dos años de resistencia, la ciudad de Verona cae bajo el dominio del Imperio bizantino.
Kardam of Bulgaria crushed the Byzantine army at the Battle of Marcellae, forcing Emperor Constantine VI to pay annual tribute to the Bulgarian state. This humi…
Karl der Große erhält in Aachen als Geschenk des Kalifen Harun ar-Raschid den Elefanten Abul Abbas nebst weiteren Gaben.
The Viking warlord who'd terrorized France for three decades stood at Chartres' gates in July 911, starving out a city that refused to surrender. Rollo had burn…
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