Today is Thursday, July 21, the 202nd day of 2011. 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
1949 ― Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13
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 homeruns
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