Saturday, July 19, 2025


Tomorrow in
Misc. History


1810 - Colombia declared independence from Spain.

1917 - The draft lottery in World War I went into operation.

1940 - "Billboard" magazine published its first listing of best-selling singles. 10 songs were on the list.

1969 - Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon.

1976 - America's Viking I robot spacecraft made a successful, first-ever landing on Mars.

1985 - Treasure hunters began raising $400 million in coins and silver from the Spanish galleon "Nuestra Senora de Atocha." The ship sank in 1622 40 miles of the coast of Key West, FL.


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