1669 – John Locke’s Constitution of English colony Carolina is approved
1919 – Anthony Fokker’s establishes airplane factory at Hamburg and Amsterdam
1930 – US Veterans Administration forms
1944 – Field Marshal Günther von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy
1954 – Geneva Accords for Indochina signed, dividing French colonial territories into the countries of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the State of Vietnam (South Vietnam), Cambodia, and Laos
1956 – US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak
1970 – Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0
1980 – Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins
1985 – Amina Fakir (Detroit), 23, crowned 18th Miss Black America
1989 – Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title
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Today in History for 21st July 2021
Historical Events
1966 – Gemini X returns to Earth
1970 – Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0
1987 – Guns and Roses debut album “Appetite for Destruction” is released, and becomes the best-selling debut album of all time with more than 30 million copies sold
1990 – Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood
2002 – Telecom giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the then largest such filing in United States history
2013 – 12 people are killed in a clash between two Muslim families in Lanao del Sur, Philippines
Famous Birthdays
1882 – David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (d. 1967)
1895 – H G “Nummy” Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31)
1908 – Harold “Jug” McSpaden, American golfer, course designer (17 PGA Tour wins), born in Monticello, Kansas (d. 1996)
1943 – Edward Herrmann, actor (Day of the Dolphin, Reds), born in Washington, D.C.
1945 – Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (d. 2008)
1960 – Matt Mulhern, American actor (Biloxi Blues), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
1540 – John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies
1948 – Donald Nichols Tweedy, American composer, dies at 58
1982 – Dave Garroway, American TV host (Today Show, 1951-61), dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound at 69
1985 – Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65
1996 – James Tye, safety expert, dies at 74
2001 – Steve Barton, American actor (b. 1954)
Famous Deaths for 20th July 2021
1824 – Joan Melchior Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book), dies at 48
1901 – William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
1939 – Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies
1941 – Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867)
1951 – Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan’s King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem
1966 – Julien Carette, French actor (Sylvia and the Phantom), dies of burns at 68
1973 – Bruce Lee [Lee Yuen Kam], Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32
2001 – Werner Haentjes, German conductor and composer of operas and film scores, dies at 77
2007 – Bill Flemming, American journalist and sportscaster (ABC’s Wide World of Sports), dies at 80
2015 – Elio Fiorucci, Italian fashion designer, dies at 80
Historical Events for 20th July 2021
1619 – Gerardus Vossius resigns as Dutch regent States college leader
1712 – The Riot Act takes effect in Great Britain.
1866 – Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy
1907 – A train wreck on the Pere Marquette Railroad near Salem, Michigan kills thirty and injures seventy more
1944 – US 9th Air Force bombs railroad at Chaulnes Sable-sur-Sarthe/Dreux
1944 – Violent battles in Verrieres-hill (Normandy)
1956 – Confirmation of the first detection of the neutrino by Clyde Cowan, Frederick Reines, F. B. Harrison, H. W. Kruse, and A. D. McGuire published in “Science” (Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment)
1982 – Hyde Park and Regent’s Park bombings: 11 British soldiers and 7 military horses killed in Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attacks during military ceremonies in London
1996 – In Spain an ETA bomb at an airport kills 35
1997 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Troon: American Justin Leonard recovers from 5 strokes back after 3 rounds; wins by 3 from Darren Clarke and Jesper Parnevik
Today in History for 20th July 2021
Historical Events
1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle – King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold of the war
1901 – Morocco signs an agreement with France fixing Morocco’s frontier with Algeria, a French colony
1930 – 106°F (41°C), Washington, D.C. (district record)
1932 – Franz von Papen launches a coup against the Prussian government
1965 – NY Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam
1969 – Apollo 11 lunar module carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin lands on the surface of the Moon; Aldrin and Armstrong walk on the moon seven hours later; Michael Collins remains in orbit in the lunar module
Famous Birthdays
1600 – Simon Ives, English court composer (d. 1662)
1943 – Dennis Yost, American vocalist (The Classics IV), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2008)
1950 – Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress
1967 – Jon Normile, fencer (Olympics 1996), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1975 – Aimee Mullins, American Paralympic athlete/official (US Olympic Chef de Mission 2012), born in Allentown, Pennsylvania
1996 – Ben Simmons, Australian basketball point guard (2016 NBA Draft: #1 pick Philadelphia 76ers), born in Melbourne, Victoria
Famous Deaths
1597 – Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Neth publisher, dies
1607 – Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer and historian (Historia Belgica), dies at 48
1893 – Tom Kelly, Australian cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1877-79, 64 runs), dies at 49
1936 – Jose Sanjurjo, Spanish general (Morocco) and high director, dies at 64
1985 – Bruno de Finetti, Italian probabilist statistician and actuary, dies at 79
2006 – Ted Grant, British Trotskyist (b. 1913)
Famous Deaths for 19th July 2021
1742 – William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675)
1844 – Heinrich Domnich, German hornist and composer, dies at 77
1852 – Anne François Mellinet, French-Belgian general (Antwerp), dies at 83
1939 – Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (Curfew Must Not Ring) and writer, dies at 89
1994 – Nick Banton, founder of Body Positive, dies at 37
1996 – Pran Nath Chhuttani, Indian physician and teacher, dies at 81
2006 – Jack Warden [John Lebzelter Jr], American character actor (Shampoo, Heaven Can Wait, Brian’s Song), dies of heart and kidney failure at 85
2013 – Mel Smith, English comedian and author, dies from a heart attack at 60
2013 – Bert Trautmann, German footballer, dies from heart failure at 89
2019 – César Pelli, Argentine American architect (Petronas Towers), dies at 92
Historical Events for 19th July 2021
1816 – Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days
1850 – Airship Elizabeth leaves in storm for Fire Island, crashes (42 die)
1936 – Indians’ Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief
1942 – German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and The Hague
1944 – Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho and Shokaku sink in Marianas
1964 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Columbus CC: Bobby Nichols wins his only major title by 3 strokes from ‘Big-2’ Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer; leads wire-to-wire
1979 – Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Anastasio Somoza Debayle
1986 – Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
2020 – Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler criticizes federal policing of protesters in his city, calling it unconstitutional
2020 – World Formula 1 drivers champion Lewis Hamilton wins a record 8th Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest to equal Michael Schumacher’s record of wins at a single circuit (French GP)
Today in History for 19th July 2021
Historical Events
1908 – Dutch football club Feyenoord is established in Rotterdam as Wilhelmina; reverts to SC Feijenoord 1912; updated to SC Feyenoord 1974 and to Feyenoord Rotterdam 1978
1920 – Babe Ruth hits his 30th home run of the 1920 baseball season, breaking his own single-season record. He would attain 54 throughout the season, before breaking that record the next year.
1941 – BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) (“…-” in Morse code) (opening of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 5th symphony)
1976 – Allman Brother’s roadie Scooter Herring sentenced to 75 years for providing drugs for the group, based on Gregg Allman’s testimony
2009 – The Wesley Impact: black spot the size of Earth discovered on Jupiter after unknown object crashed onto the planet
2009 – British Open Men’s Golf, Turnberry: American Stewart Cink wins his only major championship by 6 strokes in a 4-hole playoff with 5-time champion Tom Watson
Famous Birthdays
1742 – Jean-Baptiste Davaux, French classical composer, born in La Côte-Saint-André, France (d. 1822)
1827 – Mangal Pandey, Indian Sepoy (soldier) in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry (B.N.I.) regiment of the British East India Company, born in Nagwa, Ballia district, India (d. 1857)
1928 – John Bratby, English painter and writer (Breakdown), born in Wimbledon, London (d. 1992)
1972 – Tamarie Ivie, Ananheim CA, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
1977 – Ed Smith, English cricketer
1979 – Luke Young, English footballer
Famous Deaths
1742 – William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675)
1907 – Hector H Malot, French lawyer/author (Alone in the World), dies at 77
1922 – Cornelis Adrianus Pekelharing, Dutch physician, dies on 74th birthday
1955 – Koos [Jacobus Jan] Vorrink, Dutch politician and socialist (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), dies at 64
1984 – Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (b. 1896)
1990 – Herbert Nelson, actor (Guilding Light), dies of a stroke at 76
Famous Deaths for 18th July 2021
1566 – Bartolomé de las Casas, Spanish friar and social historian, dies at 81
1642 – Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies
1884 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829)
1898 – Emil Hartmann, organist and composer (Towards The Light), dies at 62
1952 – Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect (b. 1862)
1966 – German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44
1967 – Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazilian military leader and 26th President of Brazil (1964-67), dies at 66
1975 – Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74
1982 – Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language), dies at 85
2007 – Jerry Hadley, American opera singer, (b. 1952)
Historical Events for 18th July 2021
1753 – Lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham, Massachusetts
1857 – Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall’s war against the French
1878 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Frank Hadow makes his lone Wimbledon appearance, and wins; beats defending champion Spencer Gore 7-5, 6-1, 9-7
1915 – Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs
1947 – British seize “Exodus 1947” ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine
1963 – Failed military coup in Syria
1986 – MLB Kansas City Royals announce that manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor
1994 – “Kiss From a Rose” released by Seal (Grammy Record and Song of the Year)
1994 – Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed
2018 – Seventeen men charged with the gang-rape of a 12-year old girl in Chennai, India