A little reason to celebrate
National Fortune Cookie Day
Food · Fun · July 20
A day for the fortune cookie, the crisp folded cookie with a paper message inside that often arrives with the check at Chinese American restaurants.
National days on July 20, 2027
Also on July 20
On this day
- 1738: Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan. Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye
- 1940: California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway. California
- 1969: Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first human 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. Apollo program
- 1997: The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years. USS Constitution
- 2021: American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin. Jeff Bezos
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