July 20, 2020 This Day in History: July 19 Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins, go into orbit around the moon.
July 18, 2020 This Day in History: July 18 Sen. Ted Kennedy survives a car crash near Chappaquiddick Island, but Mary Jo Kopechne, the woman he was with, drowns.
July 17, 2020 This Day in History: July 17 Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite dies; Eric Garner, an unarmed black man accused of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, dies shortly after being wrestled to the ground by New York City police officers.
July 15, 2020 This Day in History: July 15 Gianni Versace is shot dead outside his Miami Beach home. John Walker Lindh, an American who fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan, pleads guilty in federal court.
July 13, 2020 This Day in History: July 13 John F. Kennedy wins the Democratic presidential nomination.
July 12, 2020 This Day in History: July 12 Henry David Thoreau is born; Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.
July 11, 2020 This Day in History: July 11 Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel; Big Ben chimes for the first time; Babe Ruth makes his MLB debut
July 10, 2020 This Day in History: July 10 The U.S. women's soccer team wins the World Cup, beating China in a thriller.
June 29, 2020 This Day in History: June 27 Helen Keller is born. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was often the deciding vote on abortion, gay rights and other controversial issues, announces his retirement.
June 26, 2020 This Day in History: June 26 U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley of New York loses a primary to 28-year-old liberal political novice Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.