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| July 21st |
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| About July 21st is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 163 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1851 - Sam Bass, old west train robber, outlaw 1899 - Ernest Hemingway, novelist, journalist (The Old Man and the Sea) 1924 - Don Knotts, comedian, actor (The Andy Griffith Show) 1951 - Robin Williams, actor, comedian (Good Will Hunting, Mrs. Doubtfire) 1952 - John Barrasso, U.S. Senator (Wyoming) Deaths 1878 - Sam Bass, old west train robber, outlaw 1938 - Owen Wister, author of western fiction 1967 - Jimmie Foxx, Hall of Fame baseball player 1998 - Alan Shepard, astronaut (first American in space) Events 1944 - U.S. troops land in Guam to retake it from the Japanese during World War II. 1949 - The North Atlantic Treaty is ratified by the U.S. Senate. 1983 - Vostok Station, Antarctica produces the coldest recorded temperature in history at −89.2°C (−129°F). 1997 - The restored USS Constitution, otherwise known as "Old Ironsides", celebrates her 200th birthday by setting sail from Boston, the first time the ship has sailed in 116 years. 2002 - WorldCom, a telecom giant, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S history. |
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