July 21
Today is the 202nd day of 2015. There are 163 days left in the year.
1773 - Pope Clement XIV issued an order suppressing the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits. (The Society was restored by Pope Pius VII in 1814.)
1831 - Belgium became independent as Leopold I was proclaimed King of the Belgians.
1861 - The first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Virginia during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
1873 - The first train robbery west of the Mississippi River was pulled off by Jesse James and his gang.
1899 - Author Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois.
1925 - The "monkey trial" ended in Dayton, Tennessee, with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. (The conviction was later overturned.)
1930 - President Herbert Hoover signed an executive order establishing the Veterans Administration (later the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs).
1944 - American forces landed on Guam during World War II.
1944 - The Democratic National Convention in Chicago nominated Sen. Harry S. Truman to be vice president.
1949 - The U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.
1954 - France surrendered North Vietnam to the Communists.
1961 - Capt. Virgil "Gus" Grissom became the second American to rocket into a sub-orbital pattern around the Earth, flying on the Liberty Bell 7.
1969 - Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin blasted off from the surface of the moon aboard the lunar module.
1970 - The Aswan High Dam was opened in Egypt.
1980 - Draft registration began in the United States for 19- and 20-year old males.
1988 - Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in Atlanta.
1998 - Astronaut Alan Shepard died at age 74.
2002 - Telecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection after disclosing it had inflated profits by nearly $4 billion through deceptive accounting.
2007 - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the final volume in the book series by J.K. Rowling, went on sale.
2010 - President Barack Obama signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. lending and high finance rules since the 1930s.
2011 - The space shuttle program came to an end after 30 years as Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Birthdays
21 - Biannca Rose (model)
24 - Sara Sampaio (model)
29 - Rebecca Ferguson (singer)
30 - Vanessa Lengies (actress)
34 - Romeo Santos (singer)
35 - C.C. Sabathia (baseball player)
36 - Tamika Catchings (basketball player)
37 - Josh Hartnett (actor)
42 - Ali Landry (model)
45 - Alysia Reiner (actress)
47 - Brandi Chastain (soccer player)
58 - Jon Lovitz (actor/comedian)
67 - Cat Stevens (singer)
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Today in Sports History - July 21
1921 - The Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees combined for 16 doubles in a 17-8 Cleveland win.
1957 - Althea Gibson became the first African American to win a major U.S. tennis championship when she won the women's national clay court championship.
1969 - At an All-Star banquet in Washington, Babe Ruth was named the greatest player ever and Joe DiMaggio the greatest living player.
1973 - Hank Aaron hit his 700th career home run.
1979 - Seve Ballesteros won the British Open.
1989 - Mike Tyson knocked out Carl "The Truth" Williams in 93 seconds of the first round. It was the fifth-shortest heavyweight title fight in boxing history.
1996 - Wayne Gretzky signed to play hockey with the New York Rangers.
1996 - Tom Lehman won the British Open.
2001 - The Los Angeles Dodgers crushed the Colorado Rockies 22-7. It was the most runs scored by a major league team in 58 years.
2013 - Phil Mickelson won the British Open.
Today is the 202nd day of 2015. There are 163 days left in the year.
1773 - Pope Clement XIV issued an order suppressing the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits. (The Society was restored by Pope Pius VII in 1814.)
1831 - Belgium became independent as Leopold I was proclaimed King of the Belgians.
1861 - The first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Virginia during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
1873 - The first train robbery west of the Mississippi River was pulled off by Jesse James and his gang.
1899 - Author Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois.
1925 - The "monkey trial" ended in Dayton, Tennessee, with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. (The conviction was later overturned.)
1930 - President Herbert Hoover signed an executive order establishing the Veterans Administration (later the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs).
1944 - American forces landed on Guam during World War II.
1944 - The Democratic National Convention in Chicago nominated Sen. Harry S. Truman to be vice president.
1949 - The U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.
1954 - France surrendered North Vietnam to the Communists.
1961 - Capt. Virgil "Gus" Grissom became the second American to rocket into a sub-orbital pattern around the Earth, flying on the Liberty Bell 7.
1969 - Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin blasted off from the surface of the moon aboard the lunar module.
1970 - The Aswan High Dam was opened in Egypt.
1980 - Draft registration began in the United States for 19- and 20-year old males.
1988 - Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in Atlanta.
1998 - Astronaut Alan Shepard died at age 74.
2002 - Telecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection after disclosing it had inflated profits by nearly $4 billion through deceptive accounting.
2007 - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the final volume in the book series by J.K. Rowling, went on sale.
2010 - President Barack Obama signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. lending and high finance rules since the 1930s.
2011 - The space shuttle program came to an end after 30 years as Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Birthdays
21 - Biannca Rose (model)
24 - Sara Sampaio (model)
29 - Rebecca Ferguson (singer)
30 - Vanessa Lengies (actress)
34 - Romeo Santos (singer)
35 - C.C. Sabathia (baseball player)
36 - Tamika Catchings (basketball player)
37 - Josh Hartnett (actor)
42 - Ali Landry (model)
45 - Alysia Reiner (actress)
47 - Brandi Chastain (soccer player)
58 - Jon Lovitz (actor/comedian)
67 - Cat Stevens (singer)
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Today in Sports History - July 21
1921 - The Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees combined for 16 doubles in a 17-8 Cleveland win.
1957 - Althea Gibson became the first African American to win a major U.S. tennis championship when she won the women's national clay court championship.
1969 - At an All-Star banquet in Washington, Babe Ruth was named the greatest player ever and Joe DiMaggio the greatest living player.
1973 - Hank Aaron hit his 700th career home run.
1979 - Seve Ballesteros won the British Open.
1989 - Mike Tyson knocked out Carl "The Truth" Williams in 93 seconds of the first round. It was the fifth-shortest heavyweight title fight in boxing history.
1996 - Wayne Gretzky signed to play hockey with the New York Rangers.
1996 - Tom Lehman won the British Open.
2001 - The Los Angeles Dodgers crushed the Colorado Rockies 22-7. It was the most runs scored by a major league team in 58 years.
2013 - Phil Mickelson won the British Open.
