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07/21/1978
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Kyoko Iwosoki, Japan, 100m breaststroke swimmer (Oly-gold-92, 96)
Type: Birth
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07/21/1978
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US Postal Service and unions agree on a contract averting mail strike
Type: Event
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07/21/1979
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Ludwig Renn, writer, dies at 90
Type: Death
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07/21/1979
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108th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 283 at Royal Lytham
Type: Event
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07/21/1979
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National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, NY) dedicated
Type: Event
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07/21/1980
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Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins
Type: Event
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07/21/1981
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Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43
Type: Event
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07/21/1982
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Jean J A Girault, French director (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies at 58
Type: Death
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07/21/1982
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Dave Garroway, TV host (Today Show), dies at 69
Type: Death
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07/21/1982
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France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
Type: Event
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07/21/1983
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Polish govt ends 19 months of martial law
Type: Event
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07/21/1983
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Storm cuts short Diana Ross' free concert in NY's Central Park
Type: Event
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07/21/1983
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US announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge
Type: Event
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07/21/1984
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Michael Osborne, rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe), dies at 34
Type: Death
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07/21/1984
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Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s
Type: Event
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07/21/1984
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1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US
Type: Event
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07/21/1984
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USSR performs underground nuclear Test
Type: Event
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07/21/1985
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"Leader of the Pack" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 120 perfs
Type: Event
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07/21/1985
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Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65
Type: Death
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07/21/1985
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Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney)
Type: Death
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07/21/1985
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Judy Clark wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
Type: Event
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07/21/1985
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Amina Fakir (Detroit), 23, crowned 18th Miss Black America
Type: Event
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07/21/1985
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114th British Golf Open: Sandy Lyle shoots a 282 at Royal St George
Type: Event
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07/21/1985
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Bernard Hinault wins his 5th and last Tour de France
Type: Event
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07/21/1986
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Pleasure Island plans unveiled
Type: Event
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07/21/1986
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Virginia Hewitt, actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies at 60
Type: Death
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07/21/1986
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Barbara Palacios Teyde, 22, of Venezuela, crowned 35th Miss Universe
Type: Event
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07/21/1986
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Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed
Type: Death
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07/21/1987
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Kristi Addis, of Mississippi, crowned 5th Miss Teen USA
Type: Event
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07/21/1988
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Mass Gov Michael Dukakis accepts Democratic nomination for president
Type: Event
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07/21/1988
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ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian)
Type: Event
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07/21/1989
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Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title
Type: Event
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07/21/1989
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Greg LeMond (US) wins Tour de France in fastest time
Type: Event
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07/21/1989
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Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors
Type: Event
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07/21/1990
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Sacha Piteoff, dies of heart failure at 70
Type: Death
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07/21/1990
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Stanley Shapiro, dies of leukemia at 65
Type: Death
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07/21/1990
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Manuel Puig, Argentina writer (Buenos Aires Affair), dies at 57
Type: Death
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07/21/1990
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Pink Floyds' "Wall" is performed where Berlin Wall once stood
Type: Event
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07/21/1990
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Goodwill Games opens in Seattle Wash
Type: Event
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07/21/1991
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Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
Type: Event
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07/21/1991
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Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
Type: Event
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07/21/1991
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120th British Golf Open: Ian Baker-Finch shoots 272 at Royal Birkdale
Type: Event
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07/21/1991
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Sharmell Sullivan (Gary Indiana), 20, crowned 23rd Miss Black America
Type: Event
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07/21/1991
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Theodore Wilson, dies at 47
Type: Death
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07/21/1993
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Piet Wielinga, TV producer (Dutch Glory), dies at 56
Type: Death
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07/21/1993
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Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53
Type: Death
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07/21/1993
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Henk Kersting, bureau chef (Associated Press-WW II), dies at 88
Type: Death
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07/21/1993
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Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93)
Type: Event
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07/21/1994
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Marjorie Dorothy Chandler Collins, jazz singer, dies at 67
Type: Death
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07/21/1994
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John Ernest, constructionist Artist, dies at 72
Type: Death
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