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Monday, 20 July 2026

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Births (3) Deaths (0) Events (8) Reminders (1)
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3 Births
8 Events
1 Reminders
12 Total entries

★ Born on this day 3 entries

1938
Diana Rigg
US 88 yrs ago
1938
Natalie Wood, actress.
US Arts & Culture 88 yrs ago
1947
Carlos Santana, singer, song writer.
US Arts & Culture 79 yrs ago

► Events on this day 8 entries

1810
Columbia gains its independence.
US Politics & Government 216 yrs ago
1859
Admission fee first charged to see a baseball game (50 cents.)
US Sport 167 yrs ago
1872
Mahlon Loomis receives patent for wireless ... the radio is born.
US Science & Technology 154 yrs ago
1878
First telephone introduced in Hawaii.
US 148 yrs ago
1969
Man landed on the Moon, 4:18PM EDT. (Armstrong, Aldrin walk while Collins orbits in Apollo 11 above.)
US Space & Astronomy 57 yrs ago
1970
First baby born on Alcatraz Island.
US Geography & Exploration 56 yrs ago
1976
First pictures from Mars surface received (courtesy Viking 2.)
US Politics & Government 50 yrs ago
1992
Madonna poses nude in Playboy. (Big HAIRY deal).
US 34 yrs ago

▶ Also today 1 entry

▶Independence Day, celebrated in Columbia.