TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2015

Today is Tuesday, July 21, the 202nd day of 2015. There are 163 days left in the year.

1588 ― English fleet defeats Spanish armada

1831 ― Belgium gains independence from Netherland, Leopold I made king

1940 ― Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

1954 ― At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North and South Vietnam

1969 ― Neil Armstrong steps on the Moon at 2:56:15 a.m. (GMT)

1972 ― In New York, 57 murders occur in 24 hours

1973 ― Hank Aaron becomes second major leaguer to hit 700 HRs

1973 ― USSR launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of the red planet

1976 ― First outbreak of “Legionnaire's Disease” kills 29 in Philadelphia

1978 ― World's strongest dog, 80-kg St. Bernard, pulls 2,909-kg load 27 meters

1984 ― First documented case of a robot killing a human in U.S.

1990 ― Pink Floyds' “The Wall" is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood