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<strong>July</strong> 15th, 1918<br />
• In the First World War, Germany launched their last major<br />
offensive during the Battle of the Marne. Following their repulsion<br />
at the hands of American, British, and Italian forces, the Germans<br />
would not launch another offensive, eventually agreeing to an<br />
armistice in November.<br />
<strong>July</strong> 16th, 1945 and 1969<br />
• The experimental bomb “Fat Boy” was set off in the New<br />
Mexican desert. The atomic bomb created a mushroom cloud that<br />
rose above 40,000 feet and emitted heat three times to temperature<br />
of the sun, annihilating all plant and animal life in a mile radius.<br />
• The Apollo 11 Lunar Landing mission begins with its liftoff<br />
from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<br />
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<strong>July</strong> 18th, 1947<br />
• President Truman signs an executive order determining<br />
the line of succession should a president die in office or become<br />
incapacitated. This would eventually become the 25th Amendment<br />
that was ratified in 1967.<br />
<strong>July</strong> 20th, 1969<br />
• The world watched<br />
as U.S. astronaut Neil<br />
Armstrong took man’s<br />
first step on the moon.<br />
As he stepped on the<br />
surface of the moon<br />
he said, “That’s one<br />
small step for man,<br />
one giant leap for<br />
mankind.”<br />
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<strong>July</strong> 21st, 1898<br />
• Following the Spanish-<br />
American War, the territory<br />
of Guam was ceded to the<br />
United States from Spain.
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