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What Happened on July 21st This Day in History

Year	Name
2019	Yuen Long attack or "721 incident" in Hong Kong. Triad members indiscriminately beat civilians returning from protests while police failed to take action.
2012	Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
2011	NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
2010	President Barack Obama signs the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
2008	Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first President of Nepal.
2005	Four attempted bomb attacks by Islamist extremists disrupt part of London's public transport system.
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.
1995	Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
1990	Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 for repatriation to Fujian, causing 25 people to die from suffocation.
1983	The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
1979	Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1977	The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
1976	Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
1973	In Lillehammer, Norway, Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre.
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.
1970	After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
1969	Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon, followed 19 minutes later by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
1964	A series of racial riots break out in Singapore. In the next six weeks, 23 die with 454 others injured.
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).
1961	Alaska Airlines Flight 779 crashes near Shemya Air Force Base in Shemya, Alaska killing six.
1960	Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government
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.
1954	First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
1952	The 7.3 Mw  Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
1949	The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
1944	World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10.
1944	World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
1936	Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
1925	Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
1925	Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph (241 km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).
1920	The Belfast Pogrom begins with the one day removal of thousands of Belfast shipyard, factory and mill workers from their jobs.
1919	The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
1907	The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
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.
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.
1873	At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
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.
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.
1831	Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
1798	French campaign in Egypt and Syria: Napoleon's forces defeat an Ottoman-Mamluk army near Cairo in the Battle of the Pyramids.
1774	Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
1718	The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
1674	A Dutch assault on the French island of Martinique is repulsed against all odds.
1656	The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
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.
1568	Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.
1545	The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight.
1403	Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England.
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.
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).
365	The 365 Crete earthquake affected 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.
356	The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson.
285	Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler.
230	Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became the first pope to resign his office.

Famous People Born on July 21

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Year	Name
1981	Joaquín, Spanish footballer
1961	Jim Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985	Von Wafer, American basketball player
1923	Queenie Watts, English actress and singer (d. 1980)
1908	Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect (d. 1996)
1974	Geoff Jenkins, American baseball player and coach
1978	Gary Teale, Scottish footballer
1920	Jean Daniel, Algerian-French-Jewish journalist and author (d. 2020)
1928	Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (d. 1998)
1939	Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (d. 2015)

Famous People Deaths On July 21

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Date	Name
1889	Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
1943	Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
1967	Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
987	Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou
2020	Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress (b. 1930)
1425	Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1350)
1968	Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
1259	Gojong of Goryeo
1552	Antonio de Mendoza, Spanish politician, 1st Viceroy of New Spain (b. 1495)
1932	Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)