July 21

Events

 * - A young man called set fire to the  in, one of the.
 * - : King defeats rebels to the north of the county town of ,
 * - : -  defeats
 * - between the,  and the  is signed.
 * - : and the  sign the  ending the war.
 * - Inauguration of, first king of the.
 * - : - At, the first major battle of the war begins ( victory).
 * - In the market square of, shoots Dave Tutt dead in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.
 * - At, and the  pull off the first successful  in the  West.
 * - After ing by workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the  militia, workers in  stage a sympathy  that is met with an assault by the state militia.
 * The  crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in, killing 12 people.
 * - : In, high school biology teacher is found guilty of teaching  in class and fined $100.
 * - 's station begins broadcasting the first regular seven days a week  schedule in the U.S.
 * - : -  troops land on  starting the battle (ends on ).
 * - : The partitions  into  and.
 * - becomes the first woman prime minister in the world, making her the first elected female national leader in the world.
 * - : Mission -  piloting "Liberty Bell 7" becomes the second  to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
 * - and  become the first men to walk on the Moon, during the  mission.
 * - After 11 years of construction, the in  is  completed.
 * - bombing by the  (PIRA) around,  - 22 bomb explosions, 9 people killed and 130 people seriously injured.
 * - In the in, i  agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in 's.
 * -  ambassador to the  is assassinated by the.
 * - Start of a four day long.
 * - The world's lowest is recorded at,  at &minus;89.2°C (&minus;129°F).
 * - In, a factory crushes a worker against a safety bar in apparently the first robot-related death in the.
 * - is declared the winner of the leadership election of the, paving the way to him becoming  in.
 * - : The begins firing missiles into the waters north of.
 * - The fully restored  (aka "Old Ironsides") celebrates her 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
 * - giant  files for  in the largest such filing in  history.
 * - The government publishes , a paper detailing wide-ranging reform of the country's.
 * -, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar , target London's public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers escaped.
 * - Release of by -the final book in the.

Births

 * -, Italian churchman (d. )
 * -, French astronomer (d. )
 * -, English poet and diplomat (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, German physician (d. )
 * -, French chemist (d. )
 * -, German painter (d. )
 * 1858  -, queen of Spain (d. 1929)
 * 1858  -, New Zealand artist (d. 1941)
 * -, Czech painter (d. )
 * -, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian artist (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * 1899  -, American writer,  (d. )
 * -, American financier
 * -, Canadian author (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * 1920  -, Ukrainian-born violinist (d. )
 * -, Canadian chemist,
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian film director
 * 1926  -, Pakistani general
 * 1926  -, American actor
 * -, Canadian wrestler (d. )
 * -, American wrestler (d. )
 * -, American football player
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, German politician
 * 1935  -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, 79th
 * -, 1st
 * -, American actor
 * -, British film director
 * 1944  -, American  (d. )
 * -, English darts player
 * -, American lawyer
 * -, American sportswriter
 * 1948  -, formerly Cat Stevens, English singer
 * 1948  -, American cartoonist
 * -, baseball player
 * -, Argentinian footballer
 * -, American comedian/actor
 * -, British footballer
 * 1953  -, Chinese Australian actor
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * 1955  -, Indonesian singer
 * -, American comedian
 * 1957  -, American songwriter and music producer
 * -, Australian rugby league player
 * -, American actor
 * 1960  -, German footballer
 * -, Punjabi folk singer
 * 1961  -, American musician
 * -, English footballer
 * -, German ski jumper
 * -, Icelandic footballer
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American soccer player
 * 1968  -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, American musician
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, French long jumper
 * 1971  -, French actress and singer
 * 1971  -, Portuguese comedian and radio host
 * -, American actor
 * 1978  -, American actor
 * 1978  -, Jamacian musician
 * 1978  -, Scottish football player
 * -, American football player
 * 1979  -, American basketball player
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, English footballer
 * 1981  -, German cyclist
 * 1981  -, CNET TV personality
 * 1981  -,  finalist
 * 1981  -, Spanish footballer
 * -, American soul singer
 * -, Faroese singer
 * 1983  -, American football player
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, British actor
 * 1989  -, American actor
 * -, American figure skater

Deaths

 * -, English soldier (killed in battle)
 * -, (b. )
 * -, English statesman and soldier (b. )
 * -, French explorer (b. )
 * -, Scottish poet (b. )
 * -, Austrian field marshal (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American politician, 1st (b. )
 * -, American politician and military officer (b. )
 * -, late 19th century baseball player
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, Ukrainian writer and poet (b. )
 * -, American athlete (b. )
 * -, German army colonel who tried to assassinate Hitler (b. )
 * 1944  -, German Chief of Staff (b. )
 * -, President of Bolivia (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * 1967  -, South African politician,  laureate
 * 1967  -, English actor (b. )
 * -, dancer and choreographer (b. )
 * -, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. )
 * 1970  -, American football player (b. )
 * -, American athlete (b. )
 * -, American television host (b. )
 * -, American screenwriter (b. )
 * -, astronaut (b. )
 * 1998  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 2001  -, South Indian Tamil actor (b. )
 * -, New Zealand Olympic Committee president (b. )
 * 2003  -, American film art director (b. )
 * -, American composer (b. )
 * 2004  -, American geneticist,  laureate (b. )
 * -, Polish table tennis player (b. )
 * 2005  -, British blues musician (b. )
 * 2005  -, British Wrestling Announcer for WWE (b. )
 * -, Japanese-born American actor (b. )
 * 2006  -, "The  Butcher",  in  (b. )
 * -, Spanish businessman and press mogul (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances

 * National holiday (1831 - inauguration of, first king of the Belgians)
 * Liberation Day (1944)
 * summer


 * us,, confessor [Basel, Constance, Strassburg]
 * , priest,
 * (Praxidis)
 * , and companions, martyrs [Trier, southern France; Paris]
 * , and companions, martyrs [Trier, southern France; Paris]