July 21

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July 21 is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 163 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).

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Events

356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson.

230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope.

285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler.

365 – The 365 Crete earthquake affects the Greek island of Crete with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing a destructive tsunami that affects the coasts of Libya and Egypt, especially Alexandria. Many thousands were killed.

905 – King Berengar I of Italy and a hired Hungarian army defeats the Frankish forces at Verona. King Louis III is captured and blinded for breaking his oath (see 902).

1242 – Battle of Taillebourg: Louis IX of France puts an end to the revolt of his vassals Henry III of England and Hugh X of Lusignan.

1403 – Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England.

1545 – The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight.

1568 – Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.

1645 – Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus.

1656 – The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.

1718 – The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.

1774 – Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.

1831 – Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.

1861 – American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.

1865 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.

1873 – At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.

1877 – 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, Pennsylvania stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.

1904 – Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.

1907 – The passenger steamer SS Columbia collides with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, causing the Columbia to sink killing 88 people.

1919 – The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.

1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.

1925 – Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to break the 150 mph (241 km/h) land barrier at Pendine Sands in Wales. He drove a Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).

1944 – World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam starting the battle. It would end on August 10.

1944 – World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators are tortured and executed in Berlin, Germany, for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

1949 – The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.

1952 – The 7.3 Mw Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.

1954 – First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.

1959 – NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.

1959 – Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.

1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government

1961 – Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).

1969 – At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon.

1970 – After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.

1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130.

1973 – In Lillehammer, Norway, Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre.

1976 – Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.

1977 – The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.

1983 – The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).

1995 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.

2001 – At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.

2005 – July 2005 London bombings occur.

2008 – Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal.

2011 – NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

2012 – Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.

Births

541 – Emperor Wen of Sui, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (d. 604)

1030 – Kyansittha, King of Burma (d. 1112)

1414 – Pope Sixtus IV (d. 1484)

1462 – Queen Jeonghyeon, Korean royal consort (d. 1530)

1476 – Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (d. 1534)

1476 – Anna Sforza, Italian noble (d. 1497)

1620 – Jean Picard, French astronomer (d. 1682)

1654 – Pedro Calungsod, Filipino catechist and sacristan; later canonized (d. 1672)

1664 – Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (d. 1721)

1693 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1768)

1710 – Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (d. 1792)

1783 – Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (d. 1853)

1808 – Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian, academic, and politician (d. 1864)

1810 – Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist and physicist (d. 1878)

1816 – Paul Reuter, German-English journalist, founded Reuters (d. 1899)

1858 – Maria Christina of Austria (d. 1929)

1858 – Lovis Corinth, German painter (d. 1925)

1858 – Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (d. 1941)

1863 – C. Aubrey Smith, English-American cricketer and actor (d. 1948)

1866 – Carlos Schwabe, Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker (d. 1926)

1870 – Emil Orlík, Czech painter, etcher, and lithographer (d. 1932)

1875 – Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (d. 1947)

1880 – Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician (d. 1919)

1882 – David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (d. 1967)

1885 – Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1948)

1891 – Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (d. 1969)

1893 – Hans Fallada, German author (d. 1947)

1898 – Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)

1899 – Hart Crane, American poet (d. 1932)

1899 – Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)

1903 – Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist (d. 1986)

1903 – Roy Neuberger, American businessman and financier, co-founded Neuberger Berman (d. 2010)

1908 – Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect (d. 1996)

1911 – Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and theorist (d. 1980)

1911 – Umashankar Joshi, Indian author, poet, and scholar (d. 1988)

1914 – Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1977)

1917 – Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2005)

1920 – Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2005)

1920 – Isaac Stern, Polish violinist and conductor (d. 2001)

1921 – James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author (d. 2000)

1921 – John Horsley, English actor (d. 2014)

1922 – Kay Starr, American singer

1922 – Mollie Sugden, English actress (d. 2009)

1923 – Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1923 – Queenie Watts, English actress and singer (d. 1980)

1924 – Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 7th Governor of Balochistan

1924 – Don Knotts, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2006)

1926 – Paul Burke, American actor (d. 2009)

1926 – Norman Jewison, Canadian actor, director, and producer

1926 – Bill Pertwee, English actor (d. 2013)

1926 – Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (d. 2002)

1928 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (d. 1998)

1929 – Bob Orton, American wrestler (d. 2006)

1930 – Anand Bakshi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2002)

1930 – Helen Merrill, American singer

1931 – Sonny Clark, American pianist and composer (d. 1963)

1931 – Plas Johnson, American saxophonist

1931 – Leon Schidlowsky, Chilean-Israeli painter and composer

1932 – Kaye Stevens, American singer and actress (d. 2011)

1933 – John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 1982)

1934 – Chandu Borde, Indian cricketer and manager

1934 – Jonathan Miller, English actor, director, and author

1935 – Norbert Blüm, German businessman and politician

1935 – Moe Drabowsky, Polish-American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)

1938 – Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1995)

1938 – Anton Kuerti, Austrian-Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor

1938 – Janet Reno, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General (d. 2016)

1939 – Jamey Aebersold, American saxophonist and educator

1939 – Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (d. 2015)

1939 – John Negroponte, English-American diplomat, 23rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations

1943 – Fritz Glatz, Austrian race car driver (d. 2002)

1943 – Edward Herrmann, American actor (d. 2014)

1943 – Henry McCullough, Northern Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter (d. 2016)

1944 – John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Ghana (d. 2012)

1944 – Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian author and academic

1944 – Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician (d. 2002)

1945 – Wendy Cope, English poet, critic, and educator

1945 – Geoff Dymock, Australian cricketer

1945 – Barry Richards, South African cricketer

1946 – Ken Starr, American lawyer and judge, 39th Solicitor General of the United States

1946 – Timothy Harris, American author, screenwriter and producer

1947 – Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricketer and politician

1948 – Art Hindle, Canadian actor and director

1948 – Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1949 – Christina Hart, American playwright and actress

1949 – Hirini Melbourne, New Zealand singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2003)

1950 – Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer and coach

1950 – Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer, English politician, Minister of State for Transport

1951 – Robin Williams, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014)

1952 – John Barrasso, American physician and politician

1953 – Jeff Fatt, Australian keyboard player and actor

1953 – Brian Talbot, English footballer and manager

1955 – Howie Epstein, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2003)

1955 – Dannel Malloy, American lawyer and politician, 88th Governor of Connecticut

1955 – Henry Priestman, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

1955 – Béla Tarr, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter

1956 – Michael Connelly, American author

1957 – Stefan Löfven, Swedish trade union leader and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Sweden

1957 – Jon Lovitz, American comedian, actor, and producer

1958 – Dave Henderson, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)

1959 – Gene Miles, Australian rugby player and sportscaster

1959 – Reha Muhtar, Turkish journalist

1959 – Paul Vautin, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster

1960 – Amar Singh Chamkila, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1988)

1960 – Veselin Matić, Serbian basketball player and coach

1960 – Fritz Walter, German footballer

1961 – Jim Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1962 – Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale, English businessman

1963 – Kevin Poole, English footballer and manager

1963 – Giant Silva, Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial artist, and wrestler

1964 – Steve Collins, Irish boxer and actor

1964 – Ross Kemp, English actor and producer

1964 – Jens Weißflog, German ski jumper and journalist

1965 – Guðni Bergsson, Icelandic footballer and lawyer

1965 – Mike Bordick, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

1966 – Arija Bareikis, American actress

1966 – Sarah Waters, Welsh author and academic

1968 – Brandi Chastain, American soccer player and sportscaster

1968 – Lyle Odelein, Canadian ice hockey player

1969 – Godfrey, American comedian and actor

1969 – Klaus Graf, German race car driver

1969 – Emerson Hart, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1969 – Isabell Werth, German equestrian

1970 – Michael Fitzpatrick, American singer-songwriter

1971 – Emmanuel Bangué, French long jumper

1971 – Charlotte Gainsbourg, English-French actress and singer

1971 – Nitzan Shirazi, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014)

1972 – Korey Cooper, American singer and guitarist

1974 – Geoff Jenkins, American baseball player and coach

1974 – René Reinumägi, Estonian actor, director, and screenwriter

1975 – Christopher Barzak, American author and educator

1975 – Cara Dillon, Irish singer-songwriter

1975 – Ravindra Pushpakumara, Sri Lankan cricketer

1975 – Mike Sellers, American football player

1977 – Paul Casey, English golfer

1977 – Jaime Murray, English actress

1978 – Justin Bartha, American actor

1978 – Anderson da Silva Gibin, Brazilian footballer

1978 – Josh Hartnett, American actor

1978 – Julian Huppert, English academic and politician

1978 – Damian Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer

1978 – Gary Teale, Scottish footballer

1979 – David Carr, American football player

1979 – Tamika Catchings, American basketball player

1979 – Luis Ernesto Michel, Mexican footballer

1979 – Andriy Voronin, Ukrainian footballer

1980 – Justin Griffith, American football player

1980 – Sandra Laoura, French skier

1980 – CC Sabathia, American baseball player

1981 – Paloma Faith, English singer-songwriter and actress

1981 – Anabelle Langlois, Canadian figure skater

1981 – Joaquín Sánchez, Spanish footballer

1981 – Romeo Santos, American singer-songwriter

1981 – Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist

1982 – Jason Cram, Australian swimmer

1984 – Jurrick Juliana, Dutch footballer

1984 – Liam Ridgewell, English footballer

1985 – Mati Lember, Estonian footballer

1985 – Von Wafer, American basketball player

1986 – Anthony Annan, Ghanaian footballer

1986 – Rebecca Ferguson, American-English singer-songwriter

1986 – Jason Thompson, American basketball player

1987 – Bilel Mohsni, French footballer

1987 – Jesús Zavala, Mexican footballer

1988 – KB, American rapper

1988 – DeAndre Jordan, American basketball player

1988 – Chris Mitchell, Scottish footballer

1989 – Rory Culkin, American actor

1989 – Marco Fabián, Mexican footballer

1989 – Chris Gunter, Welsh footballer

1989 – Kirill Nesterov, Russian footballer

1989 – Juno Temple, English actress

1990 – Chris Martin, English footballer

1990 – Jason Roy, English cricketer

1992 – Rachael Flatt, American figure skater

1993 – Aaron Durley, American baseball player

Deaths

987 – Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou

710 – Li Guo'er, princess of the Tang dynasty

710 – Wei, empress of the Tang Dynasty

710 – Shangguan Wan'er, Chinese poet (b. 664)

1259 – Gojong of Goryeo

1403 – Henry Percy, English soldier (b. 1364)

1403 – Sir Walter Blount, English soldier, standard-bearer of Henry IV

1403 – Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford, English soldier

1425 – Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1350)

1552 – Antonio de Mendoza, Spanish politician, 1st Viceroy of New Spain (b. 1495)

1688 – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1610)

1793 – Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French admiral, explorer, and politician (b. 1739)

1796 – Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)

1798 – François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)

1798 – Anthony Perry, Irish rebel leader (b. ca. 1760)

1868 – William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)

1880 – Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)

1889 – Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)

1899 – Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)

1920 – Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)

1932 – Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)

1934 – Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)

1938 – Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)

1941 – Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)

1943 – Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)

1944 – Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)

1946 – Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)

1948 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)

1966 – Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (b. 1884)

1967 – Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)

1967 – Albert Lutuli, South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)

1967 – Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892)

1968 – Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)

1970 – Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)

1970 – Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)

1972 – Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889)

1972 – Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1928)

1977 – Lee Miller, American model and photographer (b. 1907)

1982 – Dave Garroway, American journalist and actor (b. 1913)

1991 – Paul Warwick, English race car driver (b. 1969)

1994 – Marijac, French author and illustrator (b. 1908)

1997 – Olaf Kopvillem, Estonian-Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1926)

1998 – Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)

1998 – Robert Young, American actor and singer (b. 1907)

2000 – Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (b. 1948)

2002 – Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (b. 1908)

2003 – John Davies, English-New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1938)

2004 – Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (b. 1929)

2004 – Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)

2005 – Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer and actor (b. 1941)

2005 – Lord Alfred Hayes, English-American wrestler and manager (b. 1928)

2006 – Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-American actor and singer (b. 1933)

2006 – Ta Mok, Cambodian soldier and monk (b. 1926)

2007 – Dubravko Škiljan, Croatian linguist and academic (b. 1949)

2008 – Donald Stokes, English businessman (b. 1914)

2010 – Luis Corvalán, Chilean educator and politician (b. 1916)

2010 – Ralph Houk, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1919)

2010 – John E. Irving, Canadian businessman (b. 1932)

2012 – Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist and author (b. 1941)

2012 – Marie Kruckel, American baseball player (b. 1924)

2012 – Ali Podrimja, Albanian poet and author (b. 1942)

2012 – James D. Ramage, American admiral and pilot (b. 1916)

2012 – Angharad Rees, English-born Welsh actress (b. 1944)

2012 – Don Wilson, English cricketer and coach (b. 1937)

2013 – Andrea Antonelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1988)

2013 – Lourembam Brojeshori Devi, Indian martial artist (b. 1981)

2013 – Det de Beus, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1958)

2013 – Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom, Colombian-French composer and educator (b. 1971)

2013 – Fred Taylor, American football player and coach (b. 1920)

2014 – Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (b. 1926)

2014 – Dan Borislow, American businessman, invented the magicJack (b. 1961)

2014 – Lettice Curtis, English engineer and pilot (b. 1915)

2014 – Hans-Peter Kaul, German lawyer and judge (b. 1943)

2014 – Rilwanu Lukman, Nigerian engineer and politician (b. 1938)

2014 – Kevin Skinner, New Zealand rugby player and boxer (b. 1927)

2015 – Robert Broberg, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1940)

2015 – E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1931)

2015 – Nicholas Gonzalez, American physician (b. 1947)

2015 – Czesław Marchaj, Polish-English sailor and academic (b. 1918)

2015 – Dick Nanninga, Dutch footballer (b. 1949)

2016 – Dennis Green, American football player and coach (b. 1949)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

Albert John Luthuli (Episcopal Church)

Arbogast

Carlos of Brazil (Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church)

Daniel (Catholic Church)

Lawrence of Brindisi

Praxedes

Victor of Marseilles

July 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Liberation Day in 1944 (Guam)

National Day, celebrates the inauguration of Léopold I, the first king of the Belgians, after its independence from the Netherlands on October 4, 1830. (Belgium)

Racial Harmony Day (Singapore)

Summer Kazanskaya (Russia)

National Masturbation Day (USA)

References

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