07-20-2005, 05:11 AM
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July 20th
1923 ~ New York City Mayor Mike Hylan, in a speech in Ogdensburg, says both the Republican and Democratic Parties were "corrupt manipulators" and urged the public to abandon both of them.
1933 ~ In London, 500,000 marched against anti-Semitism.
1938 ~ Birthday of Dame Diana Rigg, Actress (The Avengers, In This House of Brede)
1938 ~ Birthday of Natalie Wood, Actress (From Here to Eternity, Rebel Without a Cause, West Side Story).
1946 ~ The U.S. House of Representatives voted 265-79 to put control of atomic energy in the hands of a civilian body, the Atomic Energy Commission, rather than leave the military in control.
1960 ~ Ceylon elected Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first female head of government.
1969 ~ Apollo 11 landed on the Moon . Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on its surface.
1982 ~ The Provisional IRA detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and Regents Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, and wounding forty-seven people.
1998 ~ 200 aid workers from CARE International, Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups left the country on orders of the Taliban.
2004 ~ Human Rights Watch released a report stating that Sudanese government documents confirmed support for the Arab Janjaweed militia in their campaign of ethnic cleansing against African Muslims in Darfur.
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