368 Historic Events for July 21
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| 1892 |
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Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect (tax office Wibautstraat, Amsterdam)
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| 1892 |
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Anton Schnack, German writer/poet
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| 1893 |
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Hans Fallada, writer
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| 1895 |
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H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31)
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| 1895 |
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Ken Maynard, Texas, cowboy/actor/producer (Bigfoot)
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| 1896 |
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National Federation of Afro-American Women and Colored Women's
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| 1896 |
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Jean Rivier, Villemomble France, composer (V‚nitienne)
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| 1897 |
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Tate Gallery opens in England
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| 1898 |
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Sara Carter, Virginia, vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family)
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| 1898 |
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Ernest Willem Mulder, composer
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| 1898 |
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Spain cedes Guam to US
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| 1899 |
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Ernest Hemmingway, Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954)
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| 1899 |
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Hart Crane, US, poet (Bridge)
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| 1900 |
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Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite
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| 1901 |
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Allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society)
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| 1902 |
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Belcampo, [Herman P Sch”nfeld Wichers], Dutch writer
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| 1903 |
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Theodore Karyotakis, composer
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| 1904 |
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After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed
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| 1904 |
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Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH
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| 1905 |
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Diana Trilling, writer
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Daniel Ayala Perez, composer
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| 1907 |
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Ross Alexander, Brooklyn NY, actor (Boulder Dam, Capt Blood)
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| 1909 |
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Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, Egyptologist
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| 1910 |
Death |
Johan Peter Selmer, composer, dies at 66
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Jozef Cyrankiewicz, premier Poland (1947..70)
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