After parading around New York City, the Apollo 11 crew was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Berlin's city became entirely divided in two, with all borders sealed between the east and west.
The Baltimore Afro-American newspaper was published for the first time.
Inventor William Gray received a patent for creating the telephone that uses coins to operate it.
Saint John I became the Catholic Pope.
Carl Gustav Witt discovered the first near-Earth asteroid, 433 Eros.
