Events:
1918 The Bolsheviks execute Czar Nicholas II of Russia and his family.
1941 Joe DiMaggio New York Yankees got a hit in his 56th straight game.1945 The US detonates the first plutonium-based test nuclear weapon ushering in the Atomic Age.1951 The novel Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is published.1969 Apollo 11 takes off. It will become the first manned space mission to land on the moon. Famous Birthdays:1862 Ida B. Wells ( Journalist & Activist)
1872 Roald Amundsen (Explorer of the South Pole)1911 Ginger Rogers (Actress)1967 Will Ferrell (Comedian and actor)1968 Barry Sanders (Football Player)1971 Corey Feldman (Actor)Archive:
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