1. Tamerlane’s Mongols defeat Ottoman Turks at Angora.on July 20 1402
2. The Spanish Armada sets sail from Corunna.on July 20 1588
3. The Riot Act goes into effect in England.on July 20 1715
4. Confederate General John Bell Hood attacks Union forces under General William T. Sherman outside Atlanta.on July 20 1864
5. Imperial troops in Guizhou, China, kill 20,000 Miao rebels.on July 20 1867
6. Sioux chief Sitting Bull surrenders to the U.S. Army.on July 20 1881
7. Alexander Kerensky becomes the premier of Russia.on July 20 1917
8. The U.S. Army Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) begins its first training class at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.on July 20 1942
9. Adolf Hitler is wounded in an assassination attempt by German Army officers at Rastenburg.on July 20 1944
10. The U.S. Army’s Task Force Smith is pushed back by superior North Korean forces.on July 20 1950
11. King Abdullah of Jordan is assassinated.on July 20 1951
12. Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon.on July 20 1969
13. The Viking spacecraft lands on Mars and begins taking soil samples.on July 20 1976
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