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July 21st, 2006 (July 21 2006) | Death | Mako, Japanese-born American actor (born in 1933) | |
July 21st, 2006 (July 21 2006) | Death | Ta Mok, "The Khmer Rouge Butcher", war criminal in Democratic Kampuchea (born in 1926) | |
July 21st, 2005 (July 21 2005) | Event | Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target London s public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers were captured, convicted and imprisoned for long terms. | |
July 21st, 2005 (July 21 2005) | Death | Long John Baldry, British blues musician (born in 1941) | |
July 21st, 2005 (July 21 2005) | Death | Lord Alfred Hayes, British Wrestling Announcer for WWE (born in 1928) | |
July 21st, 2004 (July 21 2004) | Event | The United Kingdom government publishes Delivering Security in a Changing World, a paper detailing wide-ranging reform of the country s armed forces. | |
July 21st, 2004 (July 21 2004) | Death | Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (born in 1929) | |
July 21st, 2004 (July 21 2004) | Death | Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (born in 1918) | |
July 21st, 2003 (July 21 2003) | Death | John Davies, New Zealand Olympic Committee president (born in 1938) | John Davies Quotes |
July 21st, 2003 (July 21 2003) | Death | Walter M. "Matt" Jefferies, American film art director (born in 1921) | |
July 21st, 2002 (July 21 2002) | Event | Telecom giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the largest such filing in United States history. | |
July 21st, 2001 (July 21 2001) | Death | Steve Barton, American actor (born in 1954) | |
July 21st, 2001 (July 21 2001) | Death | Sivaji Ganesan, South Indian Tamil actor (born in 1927) | |
July 21st, 1998 (July 21 1998) | Death | Alan Shepard, astronaut (born in 1923) | |
July 21st, 1998 (July 21 1998) | Death | Robert Young, American actor (born in 1907) | |
July 21st, 1997 (July 21 1997) | Event | The fully restored USS Constitution (aka "Old Ironsides") celebrates her 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years. | |
July 21st, 1995 (July 21 1995) | Event | Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People s Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan. | |
July 21st, 1994 (July 21 1994) | Event | Tony Blair is declared the winner of the leadership election of the British Labour Party, paving the way to him becoming Prime Minister in 1997. | Tony Blair Quotes |
July 21st, 1992 (July 21 1992) | Birth | Rachael Flatt, American figure skater | |
July 21st, 1989 (July 21 1989) | Birth | Jamie Waylett, British actor | |
July 21st, 1989 (July 21 1989) | Birth | Rory Culkin, American actor | |
July 21st, 1989 (July 21 1989) | Birth | Chris Gunter, Welsh footballer | |
July 21st, 1988 (July 21 1988) | Birth | Chris Mitchell (footballer), Falkirk F.C Player | |
July 21st, 1986 (July 21 1986) | Death | Ernest Maas, American screenwriter (born in 1892) | |
July 21st, 1985 (July 21 1985) | Birth | Von Wafer, American basketball player | |
July 21st, 1984 (July 21 1984) | Birth | Liam Ridgewell, English footballer | |
July 21st, 1983 (July 21 1983) | Event | The world s lowest temperature is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at ?89.2øC (?129øF). | |
July 21st, 1983 (July 21 1983) | Birth | Eivor Palsdottir, Faroese singer | |
July 21st, 1983 (July 21 1983) | Birth | Kellen Winslow II, American football player | |
July 21st, 1982 (July 21 1982) | Death | Dave Garroway, American television host (born in 1913) | |
July 21st, 1981 (July 21 1981) | Birth | Titus Bramble, English footballer | |
July 21st, 1981 (July 21 1981) | Birth | Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist | |
July 21st, 1981 (July 21 1981) | Birth | Blake Lewis, American Idol finalist | |
July 21st, 1981 (July 21 1981) | Birth | Joaquin Sanchez, Spanish footballer | |
July 21st, 1980 (July 21 1980) | Birth | Tailor James, Canadian model | |
July 21st, 1980 (July 21 1980) | Birth | C. C. Sabathia, American baseball player | |
July 21st, 1979 (July 21 1979) | Birth | David Carr, American football player | |
July 21st, 1979 (July 21 1979) | Birth | Tamika Catchings, American basketball player | |
July 21st, 1978 (July 21 1978) | Birth | Josh Hartnett, American actor | |
July 21st, 1978 (July 21 1978) | Birth | Justin Bartha, American actor | |
July 21st, 1978 (July 21 1978) | Birth | Damian Marley, Jamacian musician | |
July 21st, 1978 (July 21 1978) | Birth | Gary Teale, Scottish football player | |
July 21st, 1977 (July 21 1977) | Event | Start of a four day long Libyan-Egyptian War. | |
July 21st, 1976 (July 21 1976) | Event | Christopher Ewart-Biggs British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland is assassinated by the Provisional IRA. | |
July 21st, 1975 (July 21 1975) | Birth | Mike Sellers, National Football League fullback | |
July 21st, 1974 (July 21 1974) | Birth | Geoff Jenkins, American baseball player | |
July 21st, 1973 (July 21 1973) | Event | In the Lillehammer affair in Norway, Israeli Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in 1972 s Munich Olympics Massacre. | |
July 21st, 1972 (July 21 1972) | Event | Bloody Friday bombing by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) around Belfast, Northern Ireland22 bomb explosions, 9 people killed and 130 people seriously injured. | |
July 21st, 1972 (July 21 1972) | Death | Ralph Craig, American athlete (born in 1889) | |
July 21st, 1971 (July 21 1971) | Birth | Emmanuel Bangue, French long jumper | |
July 21st, 1971 (July 21 1971) | Birth | Charlotte Gainsbourg, French actress and singer | |
July 21st, 1971 (July 21 1971) | Birth | Nuno Markl, Portuguese comedian and radio host | |
July 21st, 1970 (July 21 1970) | Event | After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed. | |
July 21st, 1970 (July 21 1970) | Birth | Shawn Stasiak, American professional wrestler | |
July 21st, 1970 (July 21 1970) | Death | Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (born in 1907) | |
July 21st, 1970 (July 21 1970) | Death | Bob Kalsu, American football player (born in 1945) | |
July 21st, 1969 (July 21 1969) | Event | Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon, during the Apollo 11 mission. | Neil Armstrong Quotes |
July 21st, 1969 (July 21 1969) | Birth | Emerson Hart, American musician (Tonic) | |
July 21st, 1968 (July 21 1968) | Birth | Brandi Chastain, American soccer player | |
July 21st, 1968 (July 21 1968) | Birth | Lyle Odelein, Canadian hockey player | |
July 21st, 1968 (July 21 1968) | Death | Ruth St. Denis, dancer and choreographer (born in 1878) | |
July 21st, 1967 (July 21 1967) | Death | Jimmie Foxx, baseball player (born in 1907) | |
July 21st, 1967 (July 21 1967) | Death | Albert Lutuli, South African politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate | |
July 21st, 1967 (July 21 1967) | Death | Basil Rathbone, English actor (born in 1892) | |
July 21st, 1966 (July 21 1966) | Birth | Arija Bareikis, American actress | |
July 21st, 1965 (July 21 1965) | Birth | Gudni Bergsson, Icelandic footballer | |
July 21st, 1965 (July 21 1965) | Birth | Mike Bordick, American baseball player | |
July 21st, 1964 (July 21 1964) | Birth | Jens Wei?flog, German ski jumper | |
July 21st, 1963 (July 21 1963) | Birth | Kevin Poole, English footballer | |
July 21st, 1961 (July 21 1961) | Event | Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 MissionGus Grissom piloting "Liberty Bell 7" becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission). | |
July 21st, 1961 (July 21 1961) | Birth | Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi folk singer | |
July 21st, 1961 (July 21 1961) | Birth | "Big" Jim Martin, American musician (Faith No More) | |
July 21st, 1960 (July 21 1960) | Event | Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes the first woman prime minister in the world, making her the first elected female national leader in the world (Sri Lanka). | |
July 21st, 1960 (July 21 1960) | Birth | Lance Guest, American actor | |
July 21st, 1960 (July 21 1960) | Birth | Fritz Walter, German footballer | |
July 21st, 1959 (July 21 1959) | Birth | Paul "Fatty" Vautin, Australian rugby league player | |
July 21st, 1957 (July 21 1957) | Birth | Jon Lovitz, American comedian | |
July 21st, 1957 (July 21 1957) | Birth | George Landress, American songwriter and music producer | |
July 21st, 1956 (July 21 1956) | Birth | Michael Connelly, American author | |
July 21st, 1955 (July 21 1955) | Birth | Howie Epstein, American musician (died in 2003) | |
July 21st, 1955 (July 21 1955) | Birth | Taco Ockerse, Indonesian singer | |
July 21st, 1954 (July 21 1954) | Event | First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. | |
July 21st, 1953 (July 21 1953) | Birth | Brian Talbot, British footballer | |
July 21st, 1953 (July 21 1953) | Birth | Jeff Fatt, Chinese Australian actor | |
July 21st, 1952 (July 21 1952) | Birth | John Barrasso, American politician, junior senator from Wyoming | |
July 21st, 1951 (July 21 1951) | Birth | Robin Williams, American comedian/actor | Robin Williams Quotes |
July 21st, 1950 (July 21 1950) | Birth | Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer | |
July 21st, 1949 (July 21 1949) | Birth | Al Hrabosky, baseball player | |
July 21st, 1948 (July 21 1948) | Birth | Ed Hinton, American sportswriter | |
July 21st, 1948 (July 21 1948) | Birth | Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, English singer | |
July 21st, 1948 (July 21 1948) | Birth | Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist | |
July 21st, 1948 (July 21 1948) | Death | Arshile Gorky, Armenian-born American artist (born in 1904) | |
July 21st, 1946 (July 21 1946) | Birth | Kenneth Starr, American lawyer | |
July 21st, 1946 (July 21 1946) | Birth | Barry Whitwam, British musician (Herman s Hermits) | |
July 21st, 1946 (July 21 1946) | Death | Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia (born in 1908) | |
July 21st, 1945 (July 21 1945) | Birth | John Lowe, English darts player | |
July 21st, 1945 (July 21 1945) | Birth | Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (died in 2008) | |
July 21st, 1944 (July 21 1944) | Event | World War II: Battle of GuamAmerican troops land on Guam starting the battle (ends on August 10). | |
July 21st, 1944 (July 21 1944) | Birth | Tony Scott, British film director | |
July 21st, 1944 (July 21 1944) | Birth | Paul Wellstone, American politician (died in 2002) | Paul Wellstone Quotes |
July 21st, 1944 (July 21 1944) | Death | Claus von Stauffenberg, German, leader of failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, by execution (born in 1907) | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
July 21st, 1944 (July 21 1944) | Death | Ludwig Beck, German Chief of Staff (born in 1880) | |
July 21st, 1943 (July 21 1943) | Birth | Edward Herrmann, American actor | |
July 21st, 1943 (July 21 1943) | Death | Charlie Paddock, American athlete (born in 1900) | |
July 21st, 1941 (July 21 1941) | Death | Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet (born in 1872) | |
July 21st, 1939 (July 21 1939) | Birth | John Negroponte, 1st United States Director of National Intelligence | |
July 21st, 1938 (July 21 1938) | Birth | Anton Kuerti, Canadian pianist, composer and conductor | |
July 21st, 1938 (July 21 1938) | Birth | Janet Reno, 79th United States Attorney General | |
July 21st, 1938 (July 21 1938) | Death | Owen Wister, American author (born in 1860) | |
July 21st, 1935 (July 21 1935) | Birth | Norbert Blum, German politician | |
July 21st, 1935 (July 21 1935) | Birth | Moe Drabowsky, baseball player (died in 2006) | |
July 21st, 1933 (July 21 1933) | Birth | John Gardner, American author (died in 1982) | |
July 21st, 1932 (July 21 1932) | Birth | Ernie Warlick, American football player | |
July 21st, 1932 (July 21 1932) | Death | Bill Gleason, late 19th century baseball player | |
July 21st, 1931 (July 21 1931) | Event | CBS s New York City station begins broadcasting the first regular seven days a week television schedule in the U.S. | |
July 21st, 1929 (July 21 1929) | Birth | Bob Orton, American wrestler (died in 2006) | |
July 21st, 1928 (July 21 1928) | Birth | Marcel Gauthier, Canadian wrestler (died in 1998) | |
July 21st, 1926 (July 21 1926) | Birth | Paul Burke, American actor | |
July 21st, 1926 (July 21 1926) | Birth | Norman Jewison, Canadian film director | |
July 21st, 1926 (July 21 1926) | Birth | Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general | |
July 21st, 1926 (July 21 1926) | Birth | Karel Reisz, British film director (died in 2002) | |
July 21st, 1926 (July 21 1926) | Birth | Queenie Watts, English actress (died in 1980) | |
July 21st, 1925 (July 21 1925) | Event | Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100. | |
July 21st, 1925 (July 21 1925) | Birth | Anne Meacham, American actress | |
July 21st, 1924 (July 21 1924) | Birth | Don Knotts, American actor (died in 2006) | |
July 21st, 1923 (July 21 1923) | Birth | Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate | |
July 21st, 1922 (July 21 1922) | Birth | Kay Starr, American singer | |
July 21st, 1920 (July 21 1920) | Birth | Constance Dowling, American actress (died in 1969) | |
July 21st, 1920 (July 21 1920) | Birth | Isaac Stern, Ukrainian-born violinist (died in 2001) | |
July 21st, 1911 (July 21 1911) | Birth | Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author (died in 1980) | Marshall McLuhan Quotes |
July 21st, 1908 (July 21 1908) | Birth | Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (died in 1996) | |
July 21st, 1903 (July 21 1903) | Birth | Roy Neuberger, American financier | Ric Berger Quotes |
July 21st, 1899 (July 21 1899) | Birth | Hart Crane, American poet (died in 1932) | |
July 21st, 1899 (July 21 1899) | Birth | Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel laureate (died in 1961) | Ernest Hemingway Quotes |
July 21st, 1899 (July 21 1899) | Death | Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and military officer (born in 1833) | Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes |
July 21st, 1893 (July 21 1893) | Birth | Hans Fallada, German writer (died in 1947) | |
July 21st, 1889 (July 21 1889) | Death | Nelson Dewey, American politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (born in 1813) | |
July 21st, 1882 (July 21 1882) | Birth | David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (died in 1967) | |
July 21st, 1880 (July 21 1880) | Birth | Milan Rastislav Stefanik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (died in 1919) | |
July 21st, 1880 (July 21 1880) | Death | Hiram Walden, American politician (born in 1800) | |
July 21st, 1877 (July 21 1877) | Event | After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia. | |
July 21st, 1873 (July 21 1873) | Event | At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American West. | |
July 21st, 1870 (July 21 1870) | Birth | Emil Orlik, Czech painter (died in 1932) | |
July 21st, 1865 (July 21 1865) | Event | In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots Dave Tutt dead in what is regarded as the first true western showdown. | |
July 21st, 1861 (July 21 1861) | Event | American Civil War: First Battle of Bull RunAt Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins (Confederate victory). | |
July 21st, 1858 (July 21 1858) | Birth | Lovis Corinth, German painter (died in 1925) | |
July 21st, 1858 (July 21 1858) | Birth | Maria Christina of Austria, queen of Spain (died in 1929) | |
July 21st, 1858 (July 21 1858) | Birth | Alfred Henry O Keeffe, New Zealand artist (died in 1941) | |
July 21st, 1831 (July 21 1831) | Event | Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians. | |
July 21st, 1831 (July 21 1831) | Death | Belgium: National holiday (inauguration of Leopold I, first king of the Belgians) | |
July 21st, 1816 (July 21 1816) | Birth | Paul Reuter, German-born British journalist and media owner (Reuters) (died in 1899) | |
July 21st, 1810 (July 21 1810) | Birth | Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist (died in 1878) | |
July 21st, 1798 (July 21 1798) | Death | Francois Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (born in 1733) | |
July 21st, 1796 (July 21 1796) | Death | Robert Burns, Scottish poet (born in 1759) | Robert Burns Quotes |
July 21st, 1793 (July 21 1793) | Death | Bruni d Entrecasteaux, French explorer (born in 1739) | |
July 21st, 1774 (July 21 1774) | Event | Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending the war. | |
July 21st, 1718 (July 21 1718) | Event | Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed. | |
July 21st, 1710 (July 21 1710) | Birth | Paul Mohring, German physician (died in 1792) | |
July 21st, 1693 (July 21 1693) | Birth | Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1768) | |
July 21st, 1688 (July 21 1688) | Death | James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (born in 1610) | |
July 21st, 1664 (July 21 1664) | Birth | Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (died in 1721) | Matthew Prior Quotes |
July 21st, 1620 (July 21 1620) | Birth | Jean Picard, French astronomer (died in 1682) | |
July 21st, 1568 (July 21 1568) | Event | Eighty Years War: Battle of JemmingenFernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau | Al Alvarez Quotes |
July 21st, 1545 (July 21 1545) | Event | The first landing of French troops onto the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight occurs. | |
July 21st, 1515 (July 21 1515) | Birth | Philip Neri, Italian churchman (died in 1595) | |
July 21st, 1425 (July 21 1425) | Death | Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (born in 1350) | |
July 21st, 1403 (July 21 1403) | Event | Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England | |
July 21st, 1403 (July 21 1403) | Death | Henry Percy, English soldier (killed in battle) | |
July 21st, 0356 (July 21 0356) | Event | A young man called Herostratus set fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. | |
July 21st, 0285 (July 21 0285) | Event | Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler. | |