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| 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, 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, 1985 (July 21 1985) | Birth | Von Wafer, American basketball player | |
| July 21st, 1975 (July 21 1975) | Birth | Mike Sellers, National Football League fullback | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 0285 (July 21 0285) | Event | Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler. | |
