20 July

Events

 * 1966 - The First Doctor and Dodo Chaplet arrived in London and battled the War Machines. (TV: The War Machines, PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy) The same day, the Second Doctor arrived with Ben Jackson, Polly Wright, and Jamie McCrimmon. (TV: The Faceless Ones)
 * 1969 - Apollo 11 landed on the Moon and Neil Armstrong became, as far as the majority of humanity was aware, the first man to walk on the Moon. (TV: Day of the Moon, PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy) The Eleventh Doctor interfered with the transmission of the Moon landing with the help of the former FBI agent Canton Delaware. At the crucial moment that Armstrong set foot on the Moon, they inserted footage of a Silent ordering for its kind to be killed on sight. TV: Day of the Moon)
 * 1970 - Another Moon landing took place, with the First Doctor, John, and Gillian watching on the Moon. (COMIC: Moon Landing)

Behind the scenes

 * 1915 - Robin Wentworth (Gilbert Horner in TV: The Dæmons) was born.
 * 1923 - James Bree (the Security Chief in TV: The War Games, Nefred in TV: Full Circle and the Keeper of the Matrix in TV: The Ultimate Foe) was born.
 * 1943 - Wendy Richard was born.
 * 1951 - Jeff Rawle (Plantagenet in TV: Frontios and Lionel Harding in TV: Mona Lisa's Revenge) was born.
 * 1960 - Johnathon Morris was born.
 * 1998 - Sinead Michael, who played Sky Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures, was born.