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Birthday July 21, 1816 Paul Julius, Baron von Reuter, founder of Reuters news service. |
Birthday July 21, 1864 Frances Folsom Cleveland, first lady. |
Birthday July 21, 1899 Ernest Hemingway is born |
Birthday July 21, 1899 Hart Crane, American poet (The Bridge). |
Birthday July 21, 1899 Ernest Hemingway, asked for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954). |
Birthday July 21, 1911 Marshall McLuhan, writer (The Medium is the Massage). |
Birthday July 21, 1920 Isaac Stern, violinist |
Birthday July 21, 1922 Kay Starr, American singer. |
Birthday July 21, 1924 Don Knotts, comedian, Actor. |
Birthday July 21, 1933 John Gardner, scholar, writer (Grendel, Sunlight Dialogues). |
Birthday July 21, 1943 Christie McVie, (Fleetwood Mac) |
Birthday July 21, 1948 Cat Stevens, aka Joseph Islam, rocker (Peace Train) |
Birthday July 21, 1952 Robin Williams, Actor, comedian (Mork). |
History July 21, 0365 Tsunami hits Alexandria, Egypt |
History July 21, 1775 Battle of Brewster Island |
History July 21, 1831 Belgium gains independence from Netherlands (Natl Day). |
History July 21, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run begins |
History July 21, 1861 1st major battle of the Civil War -- Bull Run Va.; South wins. |
History July 21, 1862 Former President Martin Van Buren lapses into a coma |
History July 21, 1865 Wild Bill Hickok fights first western showdown |
History July 21, 1867 City Gardens on Folsom opens |
History July 21, 1873 World's 1st train robbery by Jesse James |
History July 21, 1898 Spain cedes Guam to US |
History July 21, 1911 David Lloyd George delivers Mansion House speech |
History July 21, 1921 Indians 9 & Yankees 7 doubles for a record 16 doubles |
History July 21, 1925 Monkey Trial ends |
History July 21, 1925 The Trial of the Century draws national attention |
History July 21, 1925 John Scopes found guilty in Tenn for teaching evolution |
History July 21, 1940 Soviet Union annexes Estonia Latvia Lithuania. |
History July 21, 1944 Hitler to Germany: I'm still alive. |
History July 21, 1944 US forces return to Guam after Japanese occupation. |
History July 21, 1954 at Geneva France agrees to independence of North & South Vietnam. |
History July 21, 1955 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched - Seawolf |
History July 21, 1955 Eisenhower presents his Open Skies plan |
History July 21, 1959 1st atomic powered merchant ship Savannah christened Camden NJ |
History July 21, 1959 Pumpsie Green becomes first African-American to play for Red Sox |
History July 21, 1960 Germany passes controversial Volkswagen Law |
History July 21, 1961 Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty bell) with Grissom. |
History July 21, 1961 Mercury 4 is launched into sub-orbital flight |
History July 21, 1965 Johnson considers the options |
History July 21, 1965 Gemini 5 launched atop Titan V with Cooper & Conrad |
History July 21, 1966 Gemini X returns to Earth |
History July 21, 1969 Neil Armstrong steps on the moon at 2:56:15 a.m. (GMT). |
History July 21, 1970 Aswan High Dam completed |
History July 21, 1973 Soul Makossa is the first disco record to make the Top 40 |
History July 21, 1975 Billy Martin fired as manager of Tx Rangers |
History July 21, 1976 Legionnaire's Disease kills 29 in Phila |
History July 21, 1984 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US |
History July 21, 1986 Pleasure Island plans unveiled |
History July 21, 2005 Bombers attempt to attack London transit system |
History July 21, 2007 Final Harry Potter book released |
History July 21, 2011 NASA's final space shuttle mission comes to an end |