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Bookmark or Share- Events in History on July 20 - On This Day1402 Battle of Ankara: Army of Timur (Tamerlane) with its armor-plated elephants defeats forces of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, capturing Bayezid in the process leading to an Ottoman power vacuum. 1498 Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I names Albert III, Duke of Saxony the Governor of Friesland.
- On This Day - What Happened on July 20 | BritannicaOn this day in 1969, the Eagle lunar landing module, carrying U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin (“Buzz”) Aldrin, landed on the Moon, and several hours later Armstrong became the first person to set foot on its surface. Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about visiting the Moon.
- On this day in history - July 20 - timeanddate.comToday in history – which major historical events happened on July 20? Who was born on this date, who died? In which year did the birth or death occur?
- July 20 - Wikipedia70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots. 792 – Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae. 911 – Rollo lays siege to Chartres.
- What Happened on July 20 - On This DaySitting Bull surrenders, Apollo 11 lands on the moon, NASA’s first Mars landing and other major historical events, facts, birthdays and deaths from July 20.
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