On this day in history - Today, July, 20

Today in History

• 2012 Aurora shooting

  A gunman, James Holmes, opened fire in a movie theater during the premier of the Dark Night Rises in

• 1976 Viking I lands on Mars

  Part of the Viking program, Viking I became the first American spacecraft to successfully land on Ma

• 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus

  Also known as Cyprus Peace Operation or Operation Attila, the invasion was a response to a coup in C

• 1969 Apollo 11 lands on the Moon

  Carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who would become the first humans to walk on the Moon, the

• 1969 Football War ends

  A ceasefire came into effect between Honduras and El Salvador after the two countries fought a brief