Guest guest Posted July 20, 2006 Report Posted July 20, 2006 Reminder from the Calendar of Time Capsule: July 20th Thursday July 20, 2006 12:30 am - 12:30 am This event repeats every year. Notes: On this day in1872, Mahlon Loomis received a patent for the " wireless " ... the radio is born!1960, the USSR recovered two dogs; the first living organisms to return from a space mission. 1969, the first men landed on the Moon, (Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin) Apollo 11.1976, US Viking 1 landed on Mars at Chryse Planitia making it the first Martian landing. Noteworthy people born on this day:In 1919: Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the first two men to scale Mt. Everest. In 1947: Gerd Binnig, furt, physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986). ADVERTISEMENT Copyright © 2006 . Privacy Policy - Terms of Service Quote
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