On July 20
On July 20, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Apollo 11 Moon landing (1969).
On this day
On 20 July 1969 the American Apollo 11 mission achieved the first crewed landing on the Moon.
Also this week in history (Jul 17 – Jul 23)
The Franco-Prussian War (July 1870 – May 1871) completed the unification of Germany and reshaped the European order.
On 19 and 20 July 1848 some three hundred people gathered at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, for the first women's rights convention in the United States.
On 17 July 1936 a coalition of conservative, monarchist, and far-right army officers launched a coup against Spain's elected Second Republic, beginning in Spanish Morocco and spreading to mainland garrisons the next day.
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued a landmark advisory opinion declaring that states have binding legal obligations under international law to curb greenhouse-gas emissions and protect the climate…