368 Historic Events for July 21
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Marshall McLuhan, Canada, writer (Medium is the Massage)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Philippe AriŠs, French historian
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Duke of Norfolk
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Maurice Laing, English contractor/multi-millionaire
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| 1917 |
Death |
Christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle
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| 1919 |
Event |
Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill)
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| 1919 |
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Anthony Fokker's establishes airplane factory at Hamburg and Amsterdam
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Constantly, [A Nieuwenhuys], painter (Uprising of Homo Ludens)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Isaac Stern, Kreminiecz Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Manuel Valls Gorina, composer
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| 1921 |
Event |
Indians (9) and Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Billy Taylor, Greenville NC, orch leader (David Frost Show)
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| 1922 |
Death |
Djemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, murdered
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Kay Starr, Dougherty Okla, singer (Rock and Roll Waltz, Club Oasis)
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| 1923 |
Event |
Phillies score 12 in 6th and beat Cubs 17-4
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Henny Alma, [Hendrika den Broek], Dutch actress (Soldier of Orange)
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Don Knotts, Morgantown WV, actor (Amdy Griffth Show, 3's Company)
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| 1925 |
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Monkey Trial ends-John Scopes found guilty of teaching Darwinism
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Lovro Zupanovic, composer
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Al Checco, Pittsburgh PA, actor (Extreme Close-up)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Karel Reisz, director (Everybody Wins, Isadora, Who'll Stop the Rain)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Norman Jewison, director (Moonstruck, ...and Justice For All)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Paul Burke, New Orleans, actor (Thomas Crown Affair) [or Jan 21]
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