On This Day in History - July 21 |
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What Happened On This Day In History - July 21 |
1969 July 21
1969-07-21
Neil Armstrong steps on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)
1970 July 21
1970-07-21
Construction of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt was completed 11 years after it had started.
1983 July 21
1983-07-21
The world's lowest recorded temperature was observed at Vostok Station, Antarctica at -89.2C (-129F).
1984 July 21
1984-07-21
In Jackson, Michigan, a factory robot crushes a worker against a safety bar in apparently the first robot-related death in the United States.
1999 July 21
1999-07-21
Microsoft released the first version of its MSN Messenger software.