TUESDAY, July 20, 2021

1878-First telephone introduced in Hawaii

1938-Finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws

1940-Singles record charts 1st published by Billboard-Tommy Dorsey #1

1944-U.S. invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II

1944-Von Stauffenberg fails on an attempt on Hitler's life

1949-Israel's 19 month war of independence ends

1956-France recognizes Tunisia's independence

1960-USSR recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space

1969-1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11

1970-1st baby born on Alcatraz Island

1974-Turkey invades Cyprus

1977-Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pa, kills 80 & causing $350 mil damage

1991-Kirk Cameron marries Growing Pains co-star Chelsea Noble in upstate NY

1996-26th Olympic Summer games opens in Atlanta, Georgia