1881: Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to US federal troops
1921: Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson becomes the first woman to preside over the floor of US House of Representatives
1969: Apollo 11 lunar module carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin lands on the surface of the Moon; Aldrin and Armstrong walk on the moon seven hours later; Michael Collins remains in orbit in the lunar module
1976: US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing
2017: China announces a plan against “foreign garbage” banning 24 categories of plastic and recyclable waste from 2018
Source: Onthisday.com
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