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Today in History: July 20

By Photos by Associated Press

July 20, 2021

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General Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the U.S., reads on the porch of Drexel Cottage near Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on July 20, 1885. He died of throat cancer three days later.
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This aerial view shows the site for Rockefeller Center complex, which will include Radio City Music Hall, as work begins during the Depression on the largest private construction project in New York City on July 20, 1931.
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King George V and Queen Mary of England arrive for the great review of Britain's police forces in Hyde Park, London, July 20, 1935.
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An Israeli soldier, armed with a sten gun, picks her way through the shattered walls of Sulimans Way, in the old city of Jerusalem, Palestine, July 20, 1948, which forms a front line between the Arabs inside and Jewish forces outside the walls. Fierce fighting happened between the two forces following the expiry of a two-day truce.
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This U.S. Air Force crash-boat of the 3rd Air Rescue Squadron is manned entirely by airmen on July 20, 1952. Based in a Korean harbor near a major airstrip, it provides crash protection for Combat Cargo transports airlifting supplies, amil and personnel, and for the bombers of one of Fifth Air Force's most important units. In close radio contact with constantly on the alert, and especially so during periods of takeoffs and landings at the strip.
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Flag-draped coffins containing bodies of U.S. airmen killed in South Vietnam weekend of July 14 are shown at Saigon Airport on July 20, 1962 where the airmen were given military honors before being flown to the United States. Four were killed when their helicopter was downed by communist fire on July 15 near the Laotian border. The other American died in wreckage of C47 which crashed in takeoff at Kontum. Overhead is part of fuselage of Air Force transport plane.
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Five blacks leave the Acme Café in Bogalusa, La. where they were served without incident, July 20, 1965. The group also successfully tested two other eating places under the watch of Louisiana state troopers seen at right.
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Ohio National Guardsmen climb out of their jeep while three others standby to prevent looting in the riot-torn Hough area on the city’s east side in Cleveland, Ohio, July 20, 1966. The soldiers moved into the area about midnight, armed with rifles and machine guns. Police said there was so much looting during the past two days that they couldn’t keep count.
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Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron is about to hit his 699th career home run in a grand slam during seventh inning action against the Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., Friday night, July 20, 1973. The pitch came from Phillies pitcher Wayne Twitchell. This is the first of four images in a sequence.
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Neil Armstrong is the first human to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969.
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Excited fans stand and cheer when an announcement came over the public address system of a safe lunar landing for the "Eagle" Apollo 11, during the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs doubleheader baseball game, at Connie Mack Stadium, July 20, 1969.
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Soviet athlete Sergei Belov runs with the Olympic flame past the Olympic team from Afghanistan during opening ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow Saturday, July 20, 1980. A number of teams boycotted the ceremony to protest Soviet intervention into Afghanistan.
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Senator Joseph Biden, D-Del., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, talks before Otto Lambsdorff, Minister of Economics for the Federal Republic of Germany during a lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 20, 1982.
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Britain's Princess Diana shakes hands with Nick Rhodes, the keyboard player in her favorite band, British pop group Duran Duran, at a music gala concert in aid of the Prince of Wales Trust Fund in London, England, July 20, 1983.
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High school teacher Christa McAuliffe greets family and friends at Manchester Airport, July 20, 1985. McAuliffe was announced on Friday as the school teacher that would be the first citizen to go up in space aboard the Space Shuttle.
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British Open champion Greg Norman and his wife, Laura, kiss his trophy at Turnberry, Scotland, Sunday, July 20, 1986.
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Comedian Pee Wee Herman, whose real name is Paul Reubens, admires his star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Calif., in this July 20, 1988 file photo.
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Two unidentified children try to move their bicycle which got stuck in volcanic mudflow from Mount Pinatubo which hit their village in Concepcion town in Tarlac province, Philippines, July 20, 1991.
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A mosher dives into a crowd of dancers during a night of mosh dancing at “Industry” in Island Park, New York on Friday, July 20, 1992.
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is surrounded by photographers prior to the start of her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, July 20, 1993 in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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