July 20, 1969 – A global audience watched on television as Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong took his first step onto the moon.
July 23, 1934 – Bank robber John Dillinger (Public Enemy #1) is shot and killed by FBI agents while leaving the Biograph Movie Theater in Chicago.
July 25, 1909 – The first international overseas airplane flight is accomplished by Louis Bleriot piloting a small monoplane across the English Channel from France to England.
July 25, 1956 – The Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria sank after colliding with the Swedish liner Stockholm on its way to New York. Although 46 people on the Andrea Doria are killed, 1,660 passengers and crew are dramatically rescued thanks to the response of multiple ships to Andrea Doria’s SOS signal. The Stockholm is heavily damaged but remains afloat and sails to New York under its own power.
July 23, 1934 – Bank robber John Dillinger (Public Enemy #1) is shot and killed by FBI agents while leaving the Biograph Movie Theater in Chicago.
July 25, 1909 – The first international overseas airplane flight is accomplished by Louis Bleriot piloting a small monoplane across the English Channel from France to England.
July 25, 1956 – The Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria sank after colliding with the Swedish liner Stockholm on its way to New York. Although 46 people on the Andrea Doria are killed, 1,660 passengers and crew are dramatically rescued thanks to the response of multiple ships to Andrea Doria’s SOS signal. The Stockholm is heavily damaged but remains afloat and sails to New York under its own power.