This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
07/21/1515 St Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest 
07/21/1620 Jean Picard, French astronomer 
07/21/1664 Matthew Prior, English poet 
07/21/1676 Anthony Collins, English philosopher (A discourse on free-thinking) 
07/21/1706 Pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups) 
07/21/1748 Louis-Henry Paisible, composer 
07/21/1758 Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration) 
07/21/1762 Willem GF Bentinck, earl/politician/organist 
07/21/1779 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer 
07/21/1797 Franz Schoberlechner, composer 
07/21/1802 David Hunter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 
07/21/1804 Victor Schoelcher, Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery 
07/21/1810 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist 
07/21/1815 Stewart Van Vliet, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901 
07/21/1816 Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service 
07/21/1817 John Gilbert, painter/illustrator 
07/21/1817 Joseph K Barnes, Major General (Union Army), died in 1883 
07/21/1821 Vasile Alecsandri, Romania, poet/ Foreign Minister/diplomat 
07/21/1822 Ludwig Theodore Gouvy, composer 
07/21/1826 James Gillpatrick Blunt, Major General (Union volunteers) 
07/21/1828 John Rutter Brooke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 
07/21/1856 Harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania) 
07/21/1856 Louise Blanchard Bethune, 1st US woman architect 
07/21/1857 A S C Wallis, [AdŠle SC von Antal-Opzoomer], writer 
07/21/1863 C Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) 
07/21/1864 Frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97) 
07/21/1865 Robert Kahn, composer 
07/21/1885 Frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine) 
07/21/1892 Anton Schnack, German writer/poet 
07/21/1892 G˜sbert Friedhoff, architect (tax office Wibautstraat) 
07/21/1892 Lenore Ulric, US actress (Notorious, Better Woman) [or 1894] 
07/21/1895 Ken Maynard, US, cowboy/actor/producer (Bigfoot) 
07/21/1896 Jean Rivier, Villemomble France, composer (V‚nitienne) 
07/21/1898 Ernest Willem Mulder, composer 
07/21/1899 Ernest Hemmingway, Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954

07/21/1899 Hart Crane, US, poet (Bridge) 
07/21/1901 Allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society) 
07/21/1902 Belcampo, [Herman P Sch”nfeld Wichers], writer 
07/21/1903 Theodore Karyotakis, composer 
07/21/1906 Daniel Ayala Perez, composer 
07/21/1911 Jozef Cyrankiewicz, premier Poland 
07/21/1911 Marshall McLuhan, Canada, writer (Medium is the Massage) 
07/21/1914 Philippe AriŠs, French historian 
07/21/1915 Duke of Norfolk 
07/21/1920 Isaac Stern, Kremenetz, Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph) 
07/21/1920 Manuel Valls Gorina, composer 
07/21/1921 Billy Taylor, Greenville NC, orch leader (David Frost Show) 
07/21/1922 Kay Starr, Dougherty Okla, singer (Rock & Roll Waltz, Club Oasis) 
07/21/1923 Henny Alma, [Hendrika E van de Trousers], actress (Soldier of Orange

07/21/1924 Don Knotts, Morgantown WV, actor (Amdy Griffth Show, 3's Company) 
07/21/1925 Lovro Zupanovic, composer 
07/21/1926 Karel Reisz, director (Everybody Wins, Isadora, Who'll Stop the Rain

07/21/1926 Norman Jewison, director (Moonstruck, ...And Justice For All) 
07/21/1926 Paul Burke, New Orleans, actor (Thomas Crown Affair) 
07/21/1927 Stefan Niculescu, composer 
07/21/1931 Gene Littler, golfer (1961 US Open) 
07/21/1931 Leon Schidlowsky, composer 
07/21/1933 John C Gardner, scholar/writer (Grendel, Sunlight Dialogues) 
07/21/1934 Edolphus Towns, (Rep-D-New York, 1983-  ) 
07/21/1935 Kaye Stevens, US, singer (Jerry Lewis Show) 
07/21/1938 Anton Emil Kuerti, composer 
07/21/1938 Les Aspin, (Rep-D-Wisc, 1971-93)/Minister of Defense (1993-94) 
07/21/1940 James E Clyburn, (Rep-D-South Carolina) 
07/21/1941 Jim Bates, (Rep-D-CA, 1983-  ) 
07/21/1942 Fred Hetzel, NBA star (SF, Cincinnati, Milwaukee Bucks) 
07/21/1942 Patricia Elliot, Gunnison Co, actress (Renee-Empire, One Life to Liv

07/21/1943 David Downing, NYC, actor (Backstairs at the White House) 
07/21/1943 Edward Herrmann, Wash DC, actor (Day of the Dolphin, Reds) 
07/21/1944 Buchi Emecheta, Nigerians/English writer (Price of Bride) 
07/21/1944 Paul Wellstone, (Sen-D-Minnesota) 
07/21/1945 Alton Maddox, NY black activist/attorney (Tawana Brawley case) 
07/21/1945 Leigh Lawson, Atherston England, actress (Fire & Sword, Charlie Boy)

07/21/1946 Zbigniew Kaczmarek, Poland, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1976) 
07/21/1947 Cat Stevens, [Yusaf Islam], rock vocalist (Peace Train, Father & Son

07/21/1947 John J Duncan Jr, (Rep-R-Tennessee) 
07/21/1947 Wendell Burton, San Antonio Tx, actor (Lucas-New Dick Van Dyke Show)

07/21/1948 Art Hindle, Halifax Nova Scotia, actor (Jeff-Dallas, Berrengers) 
07/21/1949 Ludmila Smirnova, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-silver-1972) 
07/21/1951 Doug Collins, US, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972) 
07/21/1951 Slick Watts, NBA (Seattle SuperSonic) 
07/21/1952 Robin Williams, Chicago Ill, comedian (Mork & Mindy, Awakenings) 
07/21/1955 Henry Preistman, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World) 
07/21/1955 Tacho Ocheriski, singer (Putting on the Ritz) 
07/21/1957 Jon Lovitz, Tarzana Calif, actor (SNL, League of their Own, Critic) 
07/21/1960 Lance Guest, Saratoga Calif, actor (Lance-Lou Grant) 
07/21/1962 Ike Eisenmann, Houston Tx, actor (Scott-Fantastic Journey) 
07/21/1964 Susan Swift, Houston Tx, actress (Chisholms) 
07/21/1968 Racquel Darian, XXX actress (Class Act, Joined) 
07/21/1972 Shinjiro Otani, wrestler (NJPW) 
07/21/1977 Sarah Biasini, daughter of actress Romy Schneider 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
07/21/1160 Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies 
07/21/1425 Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies 
07/21/1544 Ren‚ of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau), prince of Orange, slain in battl

07/21/1717 Niccol• Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies 
07/21/1782 Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63 
07/21/1796 Robert Burns, Scottish poet, dies 
07/21/1821 Maurice JM Broglie, bishop of Gent, dies at about 55 
07/21/1831 Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55 
07/21/1861 Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44 
07/21/1870 Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamiden), dies at 42 
07/21/1888 Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53

07/21/1891 Franco Faccio, composer, dies at 51 
07/21/1910 Johan Peter Selmer, composer, dies at 66 
07/21/1917 Christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle 
07/21/1922 Djemal Pasja, dictator of Turkey, murdered 
07/21/1928 Ellen A Terry, Brits actress/dir (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81 
07/21/1943 Charles William Paddock, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1920), dies at 42

07/21/1944 Gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party (Dachau), dies 
07/21/1944 Henning von Tresckow, Gen-Maj, 'July 20th plotter', commits suicide 
07/21/1948 Arshile Gorky, abstract expressionist, dies at 43 
07/21/1948 Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer, dies at 58 
07/21/1950 Albert Riemenschneider, composer, dies at 71 
07/21/1957 Bernard Spooner, US inventor (bulletproof jacket), dies 
07/21/1967 Albert J Luthuli, president South Africa (ANC), dies 
07/21/1967 Basil Rathbone, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 75 
07/21/1967 Jimmy Foxx, baseball hall of famer (Det Tigers/534 HRs), dies at 59 
07/21/1967 Pierre Kemp, poet, dies at 80 
07/21/1968 Ruth St Denis, US choreography, dies at about 90 
07/21/1972 Jigme Dori Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, dies 
07/21/1974 Willem F K Hussem, painter/poet (Steltlopen on Sea), dies at 74 
07/21/1975 Fie Carelsen, actress, dies at 85 
07/21/1976 Christopher Ewart-Biggs, Brit ambassador to Ireland is assassinated 
07/21/1982 Dave Garroway, TV host (Today Show), dies at 69 
07/21/1982 Jean J A Girault, French director (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies at 5

07/21/1985 Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65 
07/21/1985 Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney) 
07/21/1986 Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed 
07/21/1986 Virginia Hewitt, actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies at 60 
07/21/1990 Manuel Puig, Argentina writer, dies 
07/21/1993 Henk Kersting, bureau chef (Associated Press-WW II), dies at 88 
07/21/1993 Piet Wielinga, TV producer (Dutch Glory), dies at 56 
07/21/1993 Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
07/21/ 230 St Pontianus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 
07/21/ 365 Alexandria hit by Earthquake; about 50,000 die 
07/21/ 866 John appointed bishop of the kingdom 
07/21/ 976 Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria 
07/21/1320 Count Louis of Nevers marries 8-year old daughter of Philips V 
07/21/1568 Battle at Jemmingen: Alva's troops beat Dutch rebellion 
07/21/1579 Mechelen surrenders to duke of Parma 
07/21/1588 English fleet defeats Spanish armada 
07/21/1595 Alvara Mendana discovers Marquesas Island 
07/21/1730 States of Holland put death penalty on 'sodomy' 
07/21/1749 Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland 
07/21/1774 Peace of Ktsjk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish war 
07/21/1798 Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt 
07/21/1825 Java prince Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics 
07/21/1831 Belgium gains independence from Netherland, Leopold I made king 
07/21/1836 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie & St John, Qu‚bec 
07/21/1846 Mormons found 1st English settlement in Calif (San Joaquin Valley) 
07/21/1861 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins 
07/21/1866 Cholera-epidemic kills hundreds in London 
07/21/1867 City Gardens on Folsom opens 
07/21/1873 Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) 
07/21/1877 -27) US army breaks railroad strike 
07/21/1880 Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY 
07/21/1896 National Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's 
07/21/1898 Spain cedes Guam to US 
07/21/1900 Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite 
07/21/1904 Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH 
07/21/1919 Anthony Fokker's establishes airplane factory at Hamburg & Amsterdam

07/21/1919 Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill) 
07/21/1921 Indians (9) & Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles 
07/21/1923 Phillies score 12 in 6th & beat Cubs 17-4 
07/21/1928 1st woman to win an olympic gold medal - Halina Knonpacka of Poland 
07/21/1928 H E Wood discovers asteroid #1096 Reunerta 
07/21/1930 110øF (43øC) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record) 
07/21/1930 US Veterans Administration established 
07/21/1931 Reno race track, becomes 1st in US to use daily double wagering 
07/21/1933 Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens 
07/21/1934 113øF (45øC), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record) 
07/21/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1358 Gaika 
07/21/1940 Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 
07/21/1940 VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands 
07/21/1941 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine 
07/21/1941 Himmler orders building of Majdanek concentration camp 
07/21/1942 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Va 
07/21/1944 General Koiso becomes premier Japan 
07/21/1944 US forces free Guam of Japanese invaders 
07/21/1944 Von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy 
07/21/1945 Detroit Tigers & Phila A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie 
07/21/1946 J‚sus T Pi¤erol becomes 1st native born Puerto Rican governor 
07/21/1947 Indonesia begins 1st political election 
07/21/1948 WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 
07/21/1949 Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 
07/21/1951 Dalai Lama returns to Tibet 
07/21/1952 Earthquake in South-California, 14 killed 
07/21/1952 Premeir Ghavam ash-Sultaneh of Persia, resigns 
07/21/1954 At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North & South Vietnam 
07/21/1955 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf 
07/21/1956 Cin Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins 
07/21/1957 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson) 
07/21/1957 Lionel Hebert wins PGA golf tournament 
07/21/1959 1st atomic powered merchant ship, Savannah, christened, Camden NJ 
07/21/1960 Country of Katanga forms in Africa 
07/21/1961 Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom 
07/21/1962 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga 
07/21/1962 Battles on Chinese & Indies boundary 
07/21/1963 Jack Nicklaus wins PGA golf tournament 
07/21/1964 Neth last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan 
07/21/1965 Pakistan, Iran & Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact 
07/21/1966 Gemini X returns to Earth 
07/21/1968 John Janssen wins Tour de France: 1st Dutchman 
07/21/1968 Julius Boros wins PGA golf tournament 
07/21/1969 Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT) 
07/21/1969 Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits 
07/21/1970 Aswan Dam completed 
07/21/1970 Libya orders confiscation of all Jewish property 
07/21/1972 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain) 
07/21/1972 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota (state record) 
07/21/1972 Bloody Friday: 22 IRA-bombs explode in Belfast 
07/21/1972 In NY, 57 murders occur in 24 hours 
07/21/1973 Hank Aaron becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 700 HRs 
07/21/1973 USSR launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of red planet 
07/21/1974 Eddy Merckx wins his 5th Tour de France 
07/21/1975 Billy Martin fired as Texas Rangers manager 
07/21/1975 NY Met Felix Milan hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double pla

07/21/1976 1st outbreak of 'Legionnaire's Disease' kills 29 in Phila 
07/21/1977 Libian-Egyptian border fights 
07/21/1977 Sri Lanka premier Bandaranaike loses election 
07/21/1978 Bolivia milt coup under general Juan Pereda, pres Hugo Banzer flees 
07/21/1978 US Postal Service & unions agree on a contract averting mail strike 
07/21/1978 World's strongest dog, 80-kg St Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m 
07/21/1979 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2585 Irpedina & #3298 
07/21/1979 National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, NY) dedicated 
07/21/1980 Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins 
07/21/1983 Polish govt ends 19 months of martial law 
07/21/1983 Storm cuts short Diana Ross' free concert in NY's Central Park 
07/21/1983 US announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge 
07/21/1984 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US 
07/21/1984 Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s 
07/21/1985 Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France 
07/21/1986 Pleasure Island plans unveiled 
07/21/1988 ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian) 
07/21/1989 Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors 
07/21/1989 Greg LeMond (US) wins Tour de France in fastest time 
07/21/1989 Mike Tyson TKOs Carl 'the Truth' Williams in 1:33 of 1st round 
07/21/1990 Goodwill Games opens in Seattle Wash 
07/21/1990 Pink Floyds' 'Wall' is performed where Berlin Wall once stood 
  
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