Apollo 11 lunar module carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the surface of the Moon on this day in 1969.

Did you know that:

• Elisha Brown Jr pressed a one-thousand two-hundred thirty-five-pound cheese ball at his farm on this day in 1801
• German astronomer Theodor discovered the Comet Brorsen-Metcalf on this day in 1847
• Sandra Oh is a Canadian-American actress born on this day in 1971

// Compiled by Zoya Siddiqui