Republican Party in Detroit nominated Ronald Reagan for US president.
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US Marine Major John Glenn's 'Project Bullet' broke the transcontinental speed record.
Martin Luther had a public debate with theologian Johann Eck at Pleissenburg Castle in Leipzig.
NASA launched Apollo 11 from the Kennedy Space Center.
The opera 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart premiered in Vienna, Austria.
Adolf Hitler planned to invade Britain under the guise name 'Operation Sealion.'
