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July 21
July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining.
Events
1200-1899
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1298 - Battle of Falkirk (1298): England's King, Edward Longshank, defeats William Wallace's Scottish rebels
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1403 - Battle of Shrewsbury: England's King Henry IV defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England
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1568 - Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau
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1718 - Treaty of Passarowitz signed.
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1774 - Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-74.
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1831 - Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
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1861 - American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run - At Manassas Junction, Virginia , the first major battle of the war begins (Confederate victory).
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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.
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1873 - At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American West.
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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.
1900-1999
2000-2099
Births
1400-1899
1900-1999
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1903 - Roy Neuberger, American financier and art collector
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1911 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author (d. 1980)
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1920 - Isaac Stern, Ukrainian violinist (d. 2001)
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1924 - Don Knotts, American actor
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1925 - Anne Meacham, Broadway and television actress
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1926 - Norman Jewison, film director
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1932 - Ernie Warlick, American football player
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1933 - John Gardner, American author (d. 1982)
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1935 - Norbert Blüm, German politician
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1938 - Janet Reno, former Attorney General of the United States
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1941 - Martin Bandier , Chairman and CEO of EMI Music Publishing
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1943 - Edward Herrmann, actor
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1944 - Tony Scott, film director
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1944 - Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator: Democrat from Minnesota (d. 2002)
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1948 - Ed Hinton, sportswriter
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1948 - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), English singer
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1948 - Garry Trudeau, cartoonist
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1952 - Robin Williams, American comedian
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1957 - Jon Lovitz, comedian
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1968 - Brandi Chastain, American soccer player
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1968 - Lyle Odelein, ice hockey player
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1978 - Josh Hartnett, actor
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1979 - David Carr, American football quarterback
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1983 - Kellen Winslow Jr., American football player
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1985 - Jeremy P. A. Sexton , physicist
Deaths
1400-1899
1900-1999
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1938 - Owen Wister, American author (b. 1860)
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1943 - Charlie Paddock, American athlete (b. 1900)
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1948 - David Wark Griffith, American film director (b. 1875)
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1967 - Jimmie Foxx, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1907)
- 1967 - Basil Rathbone, English actor (b. 1892)
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1968 - Ruth St. Denis, dancer, choreographer (b. 1878)
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1970 - Bob Kalsu, American football player (b. 1945)
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1972 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (b. 1889)
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1982 - Dave Garroway, American television host (b. 1913)
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1998 - Alan Shepard, astronaut (b. 1923)
- 1998 - Robert Young, American actor (b. 1907)
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
External links
July 20 - July 22 - June 21 - August 21 -- listing of all days
Last updated: 08-07-2005 22:21:47
Last updated: 09-12-2005 02:39:13
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