Daily Almanac: July 20, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:33 a.m.
SET: 9:14 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 90 °F
LOW: 70 °F

Today is…:

• International Chess Day
• Moon Day
• Nap Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 2012 Aurora shooting. A gunman, James Holmes, opened fire in a movie theater during the premier of the Dark Night Rises in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.

• 1976 Viking I lands on Mars. Part of the Viking program, Viking I became the first American spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and to complete its mission.
• 1969 Apollo 11 lands on the Moon. Carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who would become the first humans to walk on the Moon, the spacecraft safely landed on the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon.

Births On This Day:

• 1947 Carlos Santana

Mexican/American singer-songwriter, guitarist

• 1304 Petrarch

Italian scholar, poet

Deaths On This Day:

• 1973 Bruce Lee

American actor, martial artist
• 1923 Pancho Villa

Mexican general