July 16, 1945: First atomic bomb is tested

July 17, 1918: Romanovs executed

July 17, 1955: Disneyland opens

July 17, 1996: TWA Flight 800 explodes over Long Island

July 18, 1925: Hitler publishes Mein Kampf

July 19, 1799: Rosetta Stone is discovered

July 19, 1848: First US women’s rights convention begins

July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon

July 20, 1976: First unmanned spacecraft lands on Mars

July 21, 1861: First Battle of Bull Run, first major conflict of Civil War

July 22, 1933: Wiley Post completes solo round-the-world flight

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