Today is Wednesday, July 19, the 200th day of 2017. There are 165 days left in the year.
1967 — U.S. launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km)
1969 — Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit
1974 — David Bowie’s Diamond Dog tour ends in NYC
1975 — Apollo & Soyuz linked in orbit for 2 days, separate
1976 — Rock group Deep Purple disbands
1979 — Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza
1979 — Patricia Harris, becomes sect of HEW
1980 — 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; U.S. & others boycott
1980 — David Bowie appears in role of Elephant Man in Denver