On this day…

In 1940 Adolf Hitler orders preparations for the invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion).

In 1945 the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

On this day, 9:32 a.m. EDT, Apollo 11, the first U.S. lunar landing mission, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a historic journey to the surface of the moon. After traveling 240,000 miles in 76 hours, Apollo 11 entered into a lunar orbit on July 19.

In 1979 Iraqi president, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns. The fourth president of Iraq resigned from his post citing health reasons and promoted his Vice President, Saddam Hussein to the post of President.

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