This week in history

July 20, 1969 – Apollo 11 lands on the Moon

Carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who would become the first humans to walk on the Moon, the spacecraft safely landed on the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon.


July 21, 1983 – Lowest temperature ever measured on Earth

Vostok Station, a Russian station on Antarctica experienced the lowest temperatures ever measured in recorded human history. The temperatures fell to 128.6 °F (?89.2 °C)


July 22, 1983 – First solo helicopter flight around the world

Australian Dick Smith became the first person to fly a helicopter around the world solo. He started his trip in August, 1982 and it took him around a year to finish his trip.


July 23, 1962 – First live transatlantic television signal

Telstar 1, a communications satellite relayed the world's first transatlantic television signal in the form of a show that featured Walter Cronkite.


July 24, 1911 – Rediscovery of Machu Picchu

The 15th century, largely forgotten Inca site in Peru was rediscovered by American Hiram Bingham III.


July 25, 1978 – World's first test tube baby is born

Louise Joy Brown was the first person to be conceived using in-vitro fertilization or IVF technology, pioneered by doctors, Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.


July 26, 1965 – Independence of Maldives

The Indian Ocean Island nation gained independence after 78 years of British rule.

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