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1903 – Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.

1832 – The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.

2016 – Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1934)

2013 – Mel Smith, English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1952)

2009 – Henry Surtees, English race car driver (b. 1991)

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The 2006 European heat wave was a period of exceptionally hot weather that arrived at the end of June 2006 in certain European countries. The United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany and western parts of Russia were most affected. Several records were broken. In the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom, July 2006 was the warmest month since official measurements began.

Rory McIlroy agonisingly missed out on the cut at The Open as Ireland's Shane Lowry produced a four-under-par 67 to take a share of the lead.

McIlroy's 79 on Thursday left him seven shots shy of the cut at one over, and he almost achieved his feat but failed to pick up birdie at the last.

Lowry, 32, is on eight under alongside USA's JB Holmes, with England's Tommy Fleetwood and Lee Westwood a shot back.

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Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.

Buzz Aldrin (January 20, 1930) is an American engineer and a former astronaut and fighter pilot. As the Apollo Lunar Module pilot on the Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the first two humans to land on the Moon.

Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) is an American former astronaut, test pilot, and retired major general of the United States Air Force Reserves. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew into space twice. His first spaceflight was on Gemini 10, in which he and Command Pilot John Young performed orbital rendezvous with two different spacecraft and undertook two extravehicular activities (EVAs, also known as spacewalks). His second spaceflight was as the command module Pilot for Apollo 11. While he stayed in orbit around the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left in the Apollo Lunar Module to make the first crewed landing on its surface.

1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.

Armstrong almost died during training for the Apollo 9 mission, Reuters Opens a New Window. reported. He was “carrying out a simulated lunar module landing” when Armstrong lost control of the vehicle, Reuters reported. He was able to eject while 200 feet in the air but the vehicle crashed and burned.

The American flag on the Moon was customized, allowing it to “fly” in space, Reuters reported. The flag was custom built with an aluminum rod that allowed the flag to stay in a position. However, the flag is not believed to still be upright.

Aldrin compared the smell on the Moon to a mix of charcoal and water. The smell is believed to have come from “the broken electron bonds between atoms,” according to Popular Science Opens a New Window. .

The crew’s first meal on the Moon was bacon and coffee, according to Business Insider Opens a New Window. . The astronauts also ate a lot of dehydrated vegetables and were able to eat their food with a spoon versus out of a bag.

Former President Richard Nixon had a speech prepared if Armstrong and Aldrin did not make it back to Earth. The speech, titled “In Event of Moon Disaster,” was released to the public 30 years after the Moon landing.

On Friday, President Trump marked the anniversary by meeting with the former Apollo 11 astronauts. The group included Aldrin, Collins and the family of Armstrong. Aldrin tweeted about the meeting.

How Apollo 11 brought humanity together

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Wink at the Moon for Neil

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