July, 21st in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 21, 2005:
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 escape.

Wednesday 21, 2004:
The United Kingdom government publishes Delivering Security in a Changing World, a paper detailing wide-ranging reform of the country's armed forces.

Monday 21, 2003:
The last Volkswagen old-style Beetle rolls off the assembly line at Puebla, Mexico.

Sunday 21, 2002:
Telecom giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the largest such filing in United States history.

Monday 21, 1997:
The fully restored USS Constitution (aka "Old Ironsides") celebrates her 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.

Friday 21, 1995:
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.

Thursday 21, 1994:
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.

Saturday 21, 1984:
In Jackson, Michigan, a factory robot crushes a worker against a safety bar in apparently the first robot-related death in the United States.

Wednesday 21, 1976:
Christopher Ewart-Biggs British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland is assassinated by the Provisional IRA

Tuesday 21, 1970:
After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.

Sunday 21, 1963:
Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini is elected Pope Paul VI by the College of Cardinals.

Friday 21, 1961:
Mercury program: Gus Grissom piloting the Mercury 4 capsule "Liberty Bell 7" becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).

Wednesday 21, 1954:
First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.

Friday 21, 1944:
American troops land on Guam starting the battle (ends on August 10).

Tuesday 21, 1931:
CBS's New York City station begins broadcasting the first regular seven days a week television schedule in the U. S.

Tuesday 21, 1925:
Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.

Saturday 21, 1877:
After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of 9 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.

Monday 21, 1873:
At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American West.

Friday 21, 1865:
In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots Dave Tutt dead in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.

Sunday 21, 1861:
At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins (Confederate victory).

Thursday 21, 1831:
Inauguration of Léopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.

Thursday 21, 1774:
Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774.

Thursday 21, 1718:
Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.

Saturday 21, 1579:
Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.

Sunday 21, 1568:
Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau

Thursday 21, 1403:
Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England

Monday 21, 1298:
Battle of Falkirk (1298): King Edward I of England defeats Scottish rebels led by William Wallace.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/21-july/on-this-day.html


People born on July 21

1983:
Kellen Winslow Jr., American football player (b: July 21, 1983) (Biography of Kellen Winslow Jr.)
Eivør Pálsdóttir, Faroese singer and composer (b: July 21, 1983) (Biography of Eivør Pálsdóttir)

1979:
David Carr, American football player (b: July 21, 1979) (Biography of David Carr)

1978:
Josh Hartnett, American actor (b: July 21, 1978) (Biography of Josh Hartnett)

1968:
Brandi Chastain, American soccer player (b: July 21, 1968) (Biography of Brandi Chastain)
Lyle Odelein, Canadian hockey player (b: July 21, 1968) (Biography of Lyle Odelein)
Jon Brooks, Clinical Data Integrationist (b: July 21, 1968) (Biography of Jon Brooks)

1960:
Lance Guest, American actor (b: July 21, 1960) (Biography of Lance Guest)

1957:
Jon Lovitz, American comedian (b: July 21, 1957) (Biography of Jon Lovitz)

1953:
Brian Talbot, English football player and manager (b: July 21, 1953) (Biography of Brian Talbot (footballer))

1951:
Robin Williams, American comedian (b: July 21, 1951) (Biography of Robin Williams)

1948:
Ed Hinton, American sportswriter (b: July 21, 1948) (Biography of Ed Hinton)
Cat Stevens, English singer (b: July 21, 1948) (Biography of Cat Stevens)
Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist (b: July 21, 1948) (Biography of Garry Trudeau)

1946:
Kenneth Starr, American lawyer and former judge (b: July 21, 1946) (Biography of Kenneth Starr)

1944:
Tony Scott, British film director (b: July 21, 1944) (Biography of Tony Scott)
Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator from Minnesota (b: July 21, 1944 ; d: October 25, 2002) (Biography of Paul Wellstone)

1943:
Edward Herrmann, American actor (b: July 21, 1943) (Biography of Edward Herrmann)

1938:
Janet Reno, United States Attorney General (b: July 21, 1938) (Biography of Janet Reno)

1935:
Norbert Blüm, German politician (b: July 21, 1935) (Biography of Norbert Blum)

1933:
John Gardner, American author (b: July 21, 1933 ; d: September 14, 1982) (Biography of John Gardner)

1932:
Ernie Warlick, American football player (b: July 21, 1932) (Biography of Ernie Warlick)

1926:
Norman Jewison, Canadian film director (b: July 21, 1926) (Biography of Norman Jewison)

1925:
Anne Meacham, American actress (b: July 21, 1925) (Biography of Anne Meacham)

1924:
Don Knotts, American actor (b: July 21, 1924) (Biography of Don Knotts)

1922:
Kay Starr, American singer (b: July 21, 1922) (Biography of Kay Starr)

1920:
Isaac Stern, Ukrainian violinist (b: July 21, 1920 ; d: September 22, 2001) (Biography of Isaac Stern)

1911:
Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author (b: July 21, 1911 ; d: December 31, 1980) (Biography of Marshall McLuhan)

1903:
Roy Neuberger, American financier and art collector (b: July 21, 1903) (Biography of Roy Neuberger)

1899:
Hart Crane, American poet (b: July 21, 1899 ; d: April 27, 1932) (Biography of Hart Crane)
Ernest Hemingway, American author (b: July 21, 1899 ; d: July 2, 1961) (Biography of Ernest Hemingway)

1893:
Hans Fallada, German writer (b: July 21, 1893) (Biography of Hans Fallada)

1870:
Emil Orlik, Czech painter and graphic artist (b: July 21, 1870) (Biography of Emil Orlik)

1858:
Lovis Corinth, German painter and graphic artist (b: July 21, 1858) (Biography of Lovis Corinth)

1810:
Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist and physicist (b: July 21, 1810 ; d: January 19, 1878) (Biography of Henri Victor Regnault)

1693:
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English statesman (b: July 21, 1693) (Biography of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)

1664:
Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (b: July 21, 1664 ; d: September 18, 1721) (Biography of Matthew Prior)

1620:
Jean Picard, French astronomer (b: July 21, 1620 ; d: July 12, 1682) (Biography of Jean Picard)

1515:
Philip Neri, Italian churchman (b: July 21, 1515 ; d: May 26, 1595) (Biography of Philip Neri)

1414:
Pope Sixtus IV (b: July 21, 1414 ; d: August 12, 1484) (Biography of Pope Sixtus IV)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/21-july/births.html