On this day...
1870-France declares war on Prussia; the Franco-Prussian war begins
1957-First rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada
1967-U.S. launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km)
1969-Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit
1979-Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza
1980-Moscow Summer Olympics begin, U.S. & others boycott
1985-Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st schoolteacher to fly the space shuttle
1989-United flight 232 crashes in Iowa
1991-Miss Black America contestant accuses Mike Tyson of rape