It's fun to look back over the years and see the significance of certain dates. Here's a few to check out!
u 2011: Atlantis touches down in Florida July 21, the last of the U.S. shuttle flights.
u 2009: On July 16, the Sears Tower in Chicago is renamed the Willis Tower.
u 1977: A July 20 flash flood in Johnstown, PA, kills 84 people.
u 1969: Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the Moon July 20.
u 1955: Disneyland opens July 17 in Anaheim, Calif.
u 1951: J.D. Salinger's seminal novel, "The Catcher in the Rye,"publishes July 16.
u 1935: Oklahoma City becomes the first U.S. city to install parking meters, on July 16.
u 1940: Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are annexed July 21 by the Soviet Union.
u 1799: The hieroglyphic-translating Rosetta Stone is found July 19 in Egypt.
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