📅 July 20 · Pyréolophore, Assassination of Abdullah I of Jordan, Viking 1, , one of the…

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July 20 in history: • 1807 – French brothers Claude and Nicéphore Niépce received a patent for their Pyréolophore, one of the world's first internal combustion engines. → go there • 1951 – Abdullah I of Jordan was assassinated while visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. → go there • 1976 – The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission. → go there • 1997 – , one of the United States Navy's original six frigates, sailed for the first time in 116 years after a full restoration. → go there • 2015 – A suicide attack (aftermath pictured) in Suruç, Turkey, for which Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility, killed 34 people and injured 104 others. → go there Born 356: Alexander the Great → go there Died 1971: Amanda Clement Wiki link Died 1973: Bruce Lee → go there Born 1980: Gisele Bündchen Wiki link Pictured: Forensic experts at the site of the Suruç bombing.

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📅 July 20 · Pyréolophore, Assassination of Abdullah I of Jordan, Viking 1, , one of the…