In 1945, the United States conducted the first successful test of an atomic bomb, known as the Trinity test, as part of the Manhattan Project.
In 1951, J.D. Salinger's novel "The Catcher in the Rye" was published.
In 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft was launched, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, who became the first humans to land on the Moon.
In 1979, Saddam Hussein became the President of Iraq after his cousin Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigned.
In 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and her sister Lauren Bessette died in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
In 2013, the film "The Conjuring" was released, based on the true story of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.
In 2018, France won the FIFA World Cup for the second time by defeating Croatia in the final held in Moscow, Russia.