Today is July 21
Cousins Day
First Man on the Moon
National Tug-Of-War Tournament Day
Coldest Day Ever (-128.6 Fahrenheit in Vostoke, Antarctica: 1983)
Womens Hall of Fame Opened (1979)
Canadian Railroad Birthday
Food Holidays
National Junk Food Day
The Extraordinary Science of Junk Food
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?_r=1&
National Creme Brulee Day
Creme Brulee
http://grandmotherskitchen.org/recipes/classic-creme-brulee.html
Today in History – Interesting Highlights
Holidays and Observances
Christian Feast Day:
Albert John Luthuli (Episcopal Church (USA))
Arbogast
Daniel (Catholic Church)
Lawrence of Brindisi
Praxedes
Victor of Marseilles
July 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Liberation Day in 1944 (Guam)
Belgian National Day, celebrates the inauguration of Léopold I, the first king of the Belgians, after its independence from the Netherlands on October 4, 1830. (Belgium)
Racial Harmony Day (Singapore)
Summer Kazanskaya (Russia)
In the News
1902 – Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York
1903 – Battle of Ciudad Bolívar, a victory of federal army of Juan Vicente Gómez over forces of general Nicolás Rolando.
1904 – Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brille inOstend, Belgium.
1907 – The passenger steamer SS Columbia collides with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, causing the Columbia to sink killing 88 people.
1914 – The Crown council of Romania decides for the country to remain neutral in World War I.
1918 – U-156 shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts.
1919 – The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, Illinois, killing 12 people.
1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
1925 – Sir Malcolm Campbell, father of Donald Campbell, becomes the first man to break the 150 mph (241 km/h) land barrier at Pendine Sands inWales. He drove a Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).
1944 – World War II: Battle of Guam – American troops land on Guam starting the battle. It would end on August 10.
1944 – World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators are executed in Berlin, Germany for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
1949 – The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
1954 – First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
1959 – NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” initiative.
1959 – Elijah Jerry “Pumpsie” Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as apinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
1961 – Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission – Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
1969 – Space Race: Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon, during the Apollo 11 mission (July 20 in North America).
1970 – After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Friday – the Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing 9 and injuring 130.
1973 – In the Lillehammer affair in Norway, Israeli Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre.
1976 – Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
1977 – The start of the four day long Libyan–Egyptian War.
1983 – The world’s lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
1995 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People’s Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
2001 – At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri railway station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
2005 – Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target London’s public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers are captured and later convicted and imprisoned for long terms.
2007 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the fastest-selling novel ever is published. It sold 15 million copies in the first 24 hours of its release.
2011 – NASA’s Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.
2012 – Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
Music
1969 – Duke Ellington and a portion of his band performed a 10-minute composition on ABC-TV titled, “Moon Maiden.” The event took place just one day after Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon.
1976 – KISS released the album “The Originals.”
1979 – Robert Palmer’s “Bad Case Of Loving You” was released.
1980 - AC\DC released “Back In Black.” It was their first album with Brian Johnson as lead singer.
1980 – Keith Godchaux (Grateful Dead) was injured in a car accident. He died two days later.
1987 – Guns ‘n Roses released their debut album, “Appetite For Destruction.”
1989 – Weird Al Yankovic’s first movie, “UHF,” opened.
1990 – Roger Waters staged a production of “The Wall” at Potsdamer Platz, Germany. Sinead O’Connor, Bryan Adams, Phil Collins and Cyndi Lauper among others took part in the benefit.
1990 – BBC’s Radio One apologized to listeners after Madonna repeatedly cursed during a live concert broadcast.
1996 – Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) was arrested for allegedly hitting a fan that was trying to take his picture in a hotel inNorth Carolina.
1997 – C. Delores Tucker filed suit against the estate of late rapper Tupac Shakur. The suit alleged intentional infliction of emotional distress, slander, and invasion of privacy due to derogatory lyrics about Tucker. The lyrics about Tucker, a lobbyist against gangsta rap lyrics, were on Shakur’s last album, “All Eyez On Me.”
1998 – The Beastie Boys began touring for “Hello Nasty,” their fifth release.
1998 – Eagle-Eye Cherry released his debut “Desireless.”
1999 – Charley Pride received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was the 2,140th star to be dedicated.
2009 – The iTunes Music Store reached 8 billion songs sold.
2010 – In New York City, Foxy Brown was arrested for violating a protection order.
Movies
Movies Released on July 21
I Saw What You Did 1965
Spawn Of The Slithis 1978
What Lies Beneath 2000
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life 2002
My Super Ex-Girlfriend 2006
Monster House 2006
Dead Moon Rising 2007
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow 2009
Television
1945 - Detroit Tigers & Phila A’s play 24 inning 1-1 tie
Sports
1921 - Indians (9) & Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles
1923 - Phillies score 12 in 6th & beat Cubs 17-4
1945 - Detroit Tigers & Phila A’s play 24 inning 1-1 tie
1957 - 39th PGA Championship: Lionel Hebert at Miami Valley GC Dayton Ohio
1963 - 45th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 279 at Dallas AC Dallas
1973 - Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett’s fastball for his 700th HR
1974 - 29th US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Haynie
1974 - Eddy Merckx wins his 5th Tour de France
1975 - NY Met Félix Millán hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays
1989 - Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title
1995 - KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings
Famous Births
1903 – Roy Neuberger, American financier, c-founded Neuberger Berman (d. 2010)
1908 – Harold “Jug” McSpaden, American golfer (d. 1996)
1911 – Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and theorist (d. 1980)
1917 – Alan B. Gold, Canadian jurist (d. 2005)
1920 – Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (d. 2005)
1920 – Isaac Stern, Polish violinist and conductor (d. 2001)
1921 – James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author (d. 2000)
1922 – Kay Starr, American singer
1922 – Mollie Sugden, English actress (d. 2009)
1923 – Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian-American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1924 – Don Knotts, American actor (d. 2006)
1925 – Anne Meacham, American actress (d. 2006)
1926 – Paul Burke, American actor (d. 2009)
1926 – Norman Jewison, Canadian director, producer, and actor
1926 – Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 7th Governor of Balochistan
1926 – Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (d. 2002)
1926 – Bill Pertwee, English actor (d. 2013)
1926 – Queenie Watts, English actress and singer (d. 1980)
1928 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (d. 1998)
1929 – Bob Orton, American wrestler (d. 2006)
1930 – Anand Bakshi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2002)
1930 – Helen Merrill, American singer
1931 – Plas Johnson, American saxophonist (B. Bumble and the Stingers and The Wrecking Crew)
1932 – Ernie Warlick, American football player (d. 2012)
1933 – John Gardner, American author (d. 1982)
1934 – Chandu Borde, Indian cricketer
1934 – Jonathan Miller, English director, actor, and author
1935 – Norbert Blüm, German businessman and politician
1935 – Moe Drabowsky, Polish-American baseball player (d. 2006)
1935 – Kaye Stevens, American singer and actress (d. 2011)
1938 – Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1995)
1938 – Anton Kuerti, Austrian-Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor
1938 – Janet Reno, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
1939 – John Negroponte, American diplomat, 1st Director of National Intelligence
1941 – Veljko Rogošić, Croatian swimmer (d. 2012)
1942 – Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter and producer
1943 – Edward Herrmann, American actor and singer
1943 – “Pierre Chauvet”, Austrian racing driver (d. 2002)
1944 – John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Ghana (d. 2012)
1944 – Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician (d. 2002)
1945 – Geoff Dymock, Australian cricketer
1945 – John Lowe, English darts player
1945 – Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress (d. 2008)
1945 – Barry Richards, South African cricketer
1946 – Ken Starr, American lawyer and judge, 39th Solicitor General of the United States
1946 – Jüri Tarmak, Estonian high jumper
1946 – Timothy Harris, American author, screenwriter and producer
1947 – Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricketer and politician
1947 – Toomas Raudam, Estonian writer
1948 – Snooty, American manatee
1948 – Beppe Grillo, Italian actor, comedian, and activist
1948 – Art Hindle, Canadian actor and director
1948 – Ed Hinton, American journalist
1948 – Cat Stevens, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist
1948 – Teruzane Utada, Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager
1949 – Al Hrabosky, American baseball player and sportscaster
1949 – Hirini Melbourne, New Zealand singer-songwriter and author (d. 2003)
1949 – Jon Davison, American film producer
1950 – Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer and coach
1951 – Robin Williams, American comedian, actor, and singer
1952 – John Barrasso, American politician
1952 – Susannah Carr, English-Australian journalist
1953 – Jeff Fatt, Australian keyboard player and actor (The Wiggles and The Cockroaches)
1953 – Brian Talbot, English footballer and manager
1954 – Jean Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
1955 – Taco, Indonesian-German singer-songwriter and producer
1955 – Howie Epstein, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) (d. 2003)
1955 – Henry Priestman, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Christians, It’s Immaterial, and Yachts)
1955 – Béla Tarr, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Michael Connelly, American author
1957 – Jon Lovitz, American comedian and actor
1959 – Paul Vautin, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
1960 – Lance Guest, American actor
1960 – Veselin Matić, Serbian basketball coach
1960 – Fritz Walter, German footballer
1961 – Amar Singh Chamkila, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
1961 – Jim Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Faith No More, EZ-Street, Spastik Children, and Voodoocult)
1963 – Greg Behrendt, American comedian, guitarist, and author (The Reigning Monarchs)
1963 – Dorce Gamalama, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress
1963 – Kevin Poole, English footballer and manager
1963 – Giant Silva, Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial artist, and wrestler
1964 – Ross Kemp, English actor
1964 – Jens Weißflog, German ski jumper
1964 – Sharon Twomey, Irish actress
1965 – Guðni Bergsson, Icelandic footballer
1965 – Mike Bordick, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1965 – Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (d. 1992)
1965 – Sidney Cox, American banjoist and singer
1966 – Arija Bareikis, American actress
1966 – Sarah Waters, Welsh author
1968 – Johnnie Barnes, American football player
1968 – Brandi Chastain, American soccer player and sportscaster
1968 – Lyle Odelein, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 – Aditya Shrivastava, Indian actor
1969 – Godfrey, American comedian and actor
1969 – Klaus Graf, German race car driver
1969 – Emerson Hart, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Tonic)
1970 – Shawn Stasiak, American wrestler and chiropractor
1971 – Emmanuel Bangué, French long jumper
1971 – Charlotte Gainsbourg, English-French actress and singer
1971 – Nuno Markl, Portuguese comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1972 – Korey Cooper, American musician and singer (Skillet)
1972 – Shinjiro Otani, Japanese wrestler
1973 – Ali Landry, American model and actress, Miss USA 1996
1973 – Elena Leonova, Russian figure skater
1973 – Caroline Néron, Canadian singer, actress and fashion designer
1974 – Bharath, Indian actor
1974 – Steve Byrne, American comedian and actor
1974 – Geoff Jenkins, American baseball player
1974 – René Reinumägi, Estonian actor, director, and screenwriter
1975 – Christopher Barzak, American author
1975 – Chris Bisson, English actor
1975 – Cara Dillon, Irish singer-songwriter
1975 – Ravindra Pushpakumara, Italian cricketer
1975 – Mike Sellers, American football player
1977 – Paul Casey, English golfer
1977 – Jaime Murray, English actress
1978 – Justin Bartha, American actor
1978 – Anderson da Silva Gibin, Brazilian footballer
1978 – Josh Hartnett, American actor and producer
1978 – Kyoko Iwasaki, Japanese swimmer
1978 – Damian Marley, Jamaican singer (SuperHeavy)
1978 – Gary Teale, Scottish footballer
1979 – David Carr, American football player
1979 – Tamika Catchings, American basketball player
1979 – Luis Ernesto Michel, Mexican footballer
1979 – Andriy Voronin, Ukrainian footballer
1979 – Paul Weel, Australian race car driver
1980 – Really Doe, American rapper
1980 – Sprague Grayden, American actress
1980 – Justin Griffith, American football player
1980 – Tailor James, Canadian model
1980 – Sandra Laoura, French skier
1980 – Chris Leben, American mixed martial artist
1980 – CC Sabathia, American baseball player
1981 – Anabelle Langlois, Canadian figure skater
1981 – Blake Lewis, American singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – Yushin Okami, Japanese mixed martial artist
1981 – Claudette Ortiz, American singer and model (City High)
1981 – Romeo Santos, American singer
1981 – Joaquín Sánchez, Spanish footballer
1981 – Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist
1981 – Chrishell Stause, American actress
1982 – Jason Cram, Australian swimmer
1982 – Mao Kobayashi, Japanese actress and journalist
1983 – Vinessa Antoine, Canadian actress
1983 – Olamide Faison, American actor
1983 – Amy Mizzi, American actress
1983 – Eivør Pálsdóttir, Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Kellen Winslow II, American football player
1984 – Jurrick Juliana, Dutch footballer
1984 – Liam Ridgewell, English footballer
1985 – Paloma Faith, English singer-songwriter and actress
1985 – Mati Lember, Estonian footballer
1985 – Vanessa Lengies, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer
1985 – Jéssica Sodré, Brazilian actress
1985 – Von Wafer, American basketball player
1986 – Anthony Annan, Ghanaian footballer
1986 – Livia Brito, Cuban—Mexican actress
1986 – Rebecca Ferguson, English singer-songwriter
1987 – Peter Doocy, American journalist
1987 – Jesús Zavala, Mexican footballer
1987 – Bilel Mohsni, French footballer
1988 – DeAndre Jordan, American basketball player
1988 – Chris Mitchell, Scottish footballer
1989 – Rory Culkin, American actor
1989 – Marco Fabián, Mexican footballer
1989 – Chris Gunter, Welsh footballer
1989 – Chelsie Hightower, American dancer and choreographer
1989 – Kirill Nesterov, Russian footballer
1989 – Juno Temple, English actress
1989 – Jamie Waylett, English actor
1990 – Chris Martin, English footballer
1990 – Whitney Toyloy, Swiss model, Miss Switzerland 2008
1992 – Jessica Barden, English actress
1992 – Rachael Flatt, American figure skater
1993 – Aaron Durley, American baseball player
Deaths
1932 – Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
1934 – Hubert Lyautey, French general (b. 1854)
1938 – Owen Wister, American author (b. 1860)
1941 – Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
1943 – Charley Paddock, American runner (b. 1900)
1944 – Claus von Stauffenberg, German military officer, head of the 20 July plot (b. 1907)
1946 – Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
1948 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter (b. 1904)
1967 – Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
1967 – Albert Lutuli, South African educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
1967 – Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor (b. 1892)
1968 – Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
1970 – Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
1970 – Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)
1972 – Ralph Craig, American sprinter (b. 1889)
1972 – Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1928)
1977 – Lee Miller, American photographer (b. 1907)
1982 – Dave Garroway, American journalist (b. 1913)
1986 – Ernest Maas, American screenwriter (b. 1892)
1991 – Paul Warwick, English race car driver (b. 1969)
1994 – Marijac, French author and illustrator (b. 1908)
1997 – Olaf Kopvillem, Estonian-Canadian humorist and songwriter (b. 1926)
1998 – Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
1998 – Robert Young, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
2000 – Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (b. 1948)
2001 – Steve Barton, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1954)
2001 – Sivaji Ganesan, Indian actor and politician (b. 1927)
2002 – Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (b. 1908)
2003 – John Davies, New Zealand runner (b. 1938)
2003 – Matt Jefferies, American set designer (b. 1921)
2004 – Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (b. 1929)
2004 – Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2005 – Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer and actor (The Steampacket and Bluesology) (b. 1941)
2005 – Alfred Hayes, English-American wrestler and manager (b. 1928)
2005 – Michael Chapman, English bassoon player (b. 1934)
2006 – Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-American actor (b. 1933)
2006 – Herbie Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins) (b. 1934)
2006 – Ta Mok, Cambodian monk (b. 1926)
2006 – J. Madison Wright Morris, American actress (b. 1984)
2007 – Dubravko Škiljan, Croatian linguist (b. 1949)
2008 – Donald Stokes, English industrialist (b. 1914)
2009 – Les Lye, Canadian actor (b. 1924)
2010 – Luis Corvalán, Chilean politician (b. 1916)
2010 – Ralph Houk, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1919)
2010 – John E. Irving, Canadian businessman (b. 1932)
2012 – Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist (b. 1941)
2012 – Ismail Hutson, Malaysian actor (b. 1938)
2012 – Marie Kruckel, American baseball player (b. 1924)
2012 – Andrzej Łapicki, Latvian-Polish actor (b. 1924)
2012 – Susanne Lothar, German actress (b. 1960)
2012 – Ali Podrimja, Albanian poet and author (b. 1942)
2012 – James D. Ramage, American admiral (b. 1916)
2012 – Angharad Rees, English actress (b. 1949)
2012 – Gene Stipe, American politician (b. 1926)
2012 – Don Wilson, English cricketer and coach (b. 1937)
2013 – Andrea Antonelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1988)
2013 – Thony Belizaire, Haitian photographer (b. 1955)
2013 – Lourembam Brojeshori Devi, Indian martial artist (b. 1981)
2013 – Ronnie Cutrone, American painter (b. 1948)
2013 – Det de Beus, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1958)
2013 – Sonny Gandee, American football player (b. 1929)
2013 – Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom, Colombian-French composer (b. 1971)
2013 – Fred Taylor, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
2013 – Irene Gleeson, Australian Missionary and Humanitarian (b. 1944)
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