What Happened On July 21 - On This Day

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  • 356 BC Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World
  • 365 An earthquake on Crete followed by a tsunami around the Eastern Mediterranean allegedly destroys Alexandria
  • 1861 First Battle of Bull Run [Battle of First Manassas], the first major battle of the US Civil War, is fought near Manassas, Virginia, and ends in a Confederate victory
  • 1904 After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian Railway is completed
  • Spencer Tracy interrogates Fredric March in the film Inherit The Wind

    Test of Time for the Date of Creation

    1925 John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial” in Dayton, Tennessee, fined $100 and costs
  • 1954 Geneva Accords for Indochina are 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
  • 1970 Aswan High Dam opens in Egypt, enabling human control of the flooding of the Nile
  • 2015 On This Day changes its domain name and brand from HistoryOrb.com to OnThisDay.com
  • 2024 US President Joe Biden abandons his campaign for re-election and endorses Vice President Kamala Harris [1]
More July 21 Events
  • 1943 Musical film "Stormy Weather," directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring Bill Robinson, Lena Horne, and Fats Waller (singing "Ain't Misbehavin'"), premieres in the US
  • 1996 "The Daily Show," a late-night talk and satirical news program hosted by Craig Kilborn, premieres on Comedy Central in the US
  • 1990 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood in a charity concert led by Roger Waters, with guests Cyndi Lauper, Joni Mitchell, The Scorpions, Sinéad O'Connor, Bryan Adams, The Band, Van Morrison, The Hooters, and others
  • 2002 With a record six races remaining, German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher clinches his fifth F1 World Drivers' Championship with victory in the French Grand Prix at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, his third straight title win

In Springfield's market square in Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown

July 21, 1865

  • Thomas Pelham-Holles

    1693 - 1768

  • Ernest Hemingway

    1899 - 1961

  • Marshall McLuhan

    1911 - 1980

  • Ken Starr

    1946 - 2022
More Birthdays on July 21

  • Robin Williams

    1951 - 2014

  • Ali Landry

    52 Years Old

  • Cat Stevens

    77 Years Old

  • Gene Littler

    1930 - 2019

  • Erling Haaland

    25 Years Old

World's lowest-ever natural temperature is recorded: -89.2°C (-128.6°F; 184.0 K) at the Soviet Vostok Station in Antarctica, surpassing record at same location set in 1960

July 21, 1983

  • 1320 Count Louis of Nevers marries 8-year old daughter of Philips V
  • 1871 Suffragette Kate Sheppard (24) weds general merchant Walter Allen Sheppard in Christchurch, New Zealand
  • 1904 Sinclair Oil founder Harry Ford Sinclair (28) weds Elizabeth Farrell
  • 1942 Actress Mae West (48) divorces vaudeville performer Frank Wallace after 31 years of marriage
More July 21 Weddings

  • Robert Burns

    1759 - 1796

  • Basil Rathbone

    1892 - 1967

  • Jimmie Foxx

    1907 - 1967

  • Alan Shepard

    1923 - 1998

  • Tony Bennett

    1926 - 2023
More July 21 Deaths
  • Abigail Adams, a forceful and forthright First Lady

    First Lady Pours Scorn Upon a King

    American independence from Britain was declared and on this day a future US President's wife expressed her joy. July 21, 1776
  • Buzz Aldrin's bootprint, one of the first steps taken on the Moon

    Apollo 11 Bootprint

    Buzz Aldrin's bootprint, one of the first steps taken on the Moon July 21, 1969
  • Painter Rembrandt van Rijn

    Weekly Quiz for July 15 - 21

    Test your knowledge of historical events and famous people in our multi-choice, weekly history quiz for July 15 - 21. Then challenge your friends!
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  • America's women's rights pioneers: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony

    American Women Demand Their Rights

    July 19, 1848
  • The official portrait of the Apollo 11 astronauts, left to right: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin

    Lunar Landing Makes 'Giant Leap For Mankind'

    July 20, 1969
  • William Spooner tries to get it right. Photo: Mary Evans Picture Library

    Spoonerism – Or Just A Lack Of Pies?

    July 22, 1844
  • A man betrayed: Ulysses S. Grant was often let down by people close to him

    Ulysses S. Grant’s Race Against Time

    July 23, 1885
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