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Sitting Bull surrenders
Viking 1 lands on Mars
Neil Armstrong walks on moon
President Nixon watches first lunar landing
Francesco Petrarch Italian poet (Italia Mia) born Arezzo Tuscany (d. 1374)
Gaspar Schetz Dutch treasurer-general born in Antwerp (d. 1580)
Pope Innocent IX [Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti] 230th Catholic pope (1591) born in Bologna Papal States (d. 1591)
Arnaud dOssat French diplomat and writer born in Larroque-Magnoac France (d. 1604)
Hyacinthe Rigaud French painter born in Perpignan France (d. 1743)
Pierre Drevet French engraver born in Loire-sur-Rhne Lyon (d. 1738)
James Harris English philosopher born in Salisbury Wiltshire (d. 1780)
William Jones English composer and curate born in Lowick (d. 1800)
Henri Hamal composer born in Liege (d. 1810)
Antoine Destutt de Tracy French Enlightenment philosopher born in Paris (d. 1836)
Garsevan Chavchavadze Georgian diplomat and politician born in Georgia (d. 1811)
Jakob Haibel Austrian composer born in Graz Austria (d.1826)
Thomas Bruce 7th earl of Elgin & Kincardine British diplomat born in Broomhall Fife Scotland (d. 1841)
Auguste Marmont French marshal born in Chtillon-sur-Seine France (d. 1852)
Ignaz Schuster Austrian composer born in Vienna (d. 1835)
Mahmud II Sultan of Turkey (1808-39) born in Topkap Palace Istanbul Turkey (d. 1839)
Aleksander Fredro Polish poet and comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski) born in Surochw Poland (d. 1876)
Edward Hodges English organist and composer born in Bristol (d. 1867)
Pawe Edmund Strzelecki Polish explorer and geologist born in Glausche Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1873)
Jakob Zeugheer Swiss composer born in Zrich (d. 1865)
Richard Owen English zoologist (Dinosauria) born in Lancaster England (d. 1892)
John Sterling Scottish writer born in Isle of Bute United Kingdom (d. 1844)
James Bruce 8th Earl of Elgin & Kincardine and Governor (Jamaica) born in London (d. 1863)
William Bowman English anatomist born in Nantwich Cheshire (d. 1892)
Paul Henrion French composer born in Paris (d. 1901)
Alexander Schimmelfennig Prussian-American political revolutionary and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Bromberg Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1865)
Thomas Allbutt English physiologist (Diseases of the Heart) born in Dewsbury Yorkshire (d. 1925)
Hans Sommer German theatre composer born in Brunswick (d. 1922)
Augustin Daly American playwright and theatrical manager born in Plymouth North Carolina (d. 1899)
George Otto Trevelyan British statesman and biographer (d. 1928)
Robert Anderson Van Wyck Mayor of New York City (d. 1918)
Theo Heemskerk Dutch lawyer and chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) born in Amsterdam (d. 1932)
Geo[rge] Poggenbeek Dutch water colors painter
Jul 20 1031 Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of the Franks (-60)
Jul 20 1402 Battle at AncyraAngoraAnkara Timur beats Sultan Bajezid Is Ottoman forces
Jul 20 1495 French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders