Memes... not just for breakfast anymore....

Events
1871 - British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
1969 - Apollo Program: Apollo 11 successfully lands the first man on the Moon.
2005 - Canada becomes the fourth country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage, after the bill C-38 receives its Royal Assent.
Births
356 BC - Alexander the Great, Macedonian-Greek king and military leader (d. 323 BC)
1919 - Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountain climber (d. 2008)
Holidays
Colombia - Independence Day