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July 21: National Junk Food Day: -- An
annual day that grants us permission to chow down on a giant menu
of items we usually don't include in our daily diet. Junk foods,
by definition, typically contain high fats, sugars, salt, and
calories and very little nutritional value. With the advent of
packaged foods during the late 1800s, junk food made its way into
American life. Still, home-cooked meals remained the standard for
several more decades. Eventually, after World War II, the
artery-clogging industry took off. Since the population ate out
more, traveled more, the industry was primed to produce products
at an increased rate. From the frozen food aisle to fast food
chains, a myriad of choices for consumers flooded the market.
Potato chips, baked goods and so much more filled supermarket
shelves, prepackaged and ready to go. By the 1970s, junk foods
earned a name and a bad one, too. Michael Jacobson, a
microbiologist, is credited with coining the phrase. He also set
out to curb our appetite for the high sugar, high salt, high
preservative foods Americans consumed at an alarming rate. While
deep-fried, fat-laced foods increase our waistlines, cholesterol,
and blood sugar numbers, an occasional indulgence shouldn't impact
a healthy, diverse diet and lifestyle. Also, producers make
healthy versions of our favorite junk foods to entice us to enjoy
a little. To observe National Junk Food Day: Snack a little. Chow
down on your favorite chip, dip or treat. In fact, treat the
family or workplace to a beverage or take out. If you're looking
for some international snacking flair, check out 24 Snacks from
around the World. Post on social media using #NationalJunkFoodDay.
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July 21: Legal Drinking Age Day (United
States): -- Today we fondly remember the day when we drank our
first legal sip of alcohol. People not only get nostalgic about
their first drinks and raise a toast to it, but it's also a day to
create awareness about responsible drinking among young people. On
this day, conversations are also had on how to tackle the rising
cases of alcoholism and DUI. The easiest way to celebrate Legal
Drinking Age Day is by relaxing with your favorite drink after a
long day, if you're over the legal drinking age, of course.
Americans have always marveled at how you can legally marry, have
children, go to war, purchase a gun, and drive a car before you
are allowed to purchase alcohol. While some of these have higher
risk factors than drinking alcohol, many Americans are of the
opinion that the legal drinking age in the country is ridiculously
high. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed by the
United States Congress on July 17, 1984. The act stated that
although younger people could drink alcohol under supervision,
they would have to be at least 21 years of age to be able to
purchase it. However, the seven American states of Alabama,
Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Vermont, North Carolina, and
Pennsylvania have imposed an outright ban on the consumption of
alcohol on those who are younger than 21. Many European countries,
including the United Kingdom, have a more liberal drinking age.
Some countries even allow children to drink, as long as they do it
in the privacy of their homes and under parental supervision.
Legal drinking ages have been a point of debate in many cultures
and countries. Some feel that it inculcates the habit of drinking
responsibly, and that prohibition, on the other hand, encourages
children to drink in secret or find unlawful methods to purchase
alcohol. July 21 is also the birthday of the noted author and
cocktail drinker, Ernest Hemmingway, who was born on this day in
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July 21: Racial Harmony Day (Singapore):
-- Racial Harmony Day aims to serve as a reminder for Singaporeans
to be empathetic toward people of all races and faiths. Racial
Harmony Day reminds Singaporeans to be proud of their heritage.
Singaporeans observe this day by emphasizing the importance of
encouraging racial and ethnic harmony and understanding among all
populations in their country, as well as celebrating their unique,
cross-cultural nature. Singapore's identity as a cosmopolitan
nation has evolved. Community Development Councils and People's
Organizations were formed to strengthen ties between people in
various communities. Since its inception, Racial Harmony Day has
since expanded its reach. Today, most activities are organized by
grassroots organisations such as the People's Association and the
Community Development Councils, and by schools and a number of
religious groups. On this day, students in schools across the
nation are encouraged to be dressed in other cultures' traditional
costumes such as the Cheongsam, the Baju Kurung or Saree.
Traditional delicacies are a feature of the celebration.
Traditional games such as five stones, zero points, and hopscotch
are played, where inter-class competitions are sometimes
organised. Some activities introduced by schools include designing
Kolams and Maruthani and Henna hand painting. Students are also
educated on racism and racial stereotypes. Schools are also
encouraged to recite a Declaration Of Religious Harmony during the
celebrations. In the week of July 21, representatives from the
Inter-Religious Harmony Circle (IRHC) comprising various religious
groups also get together to pledge their support and to promote
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July 21, 1969: Outer Space Firsts:
Moonwalks: The History Of Rocketry: The History Of Spaceflight:
The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Space Age: The
Space Race: Space Programs Of The United States: Human Spaceflight
Programs: The Discovery And Exploration Of The Solar System:
Missions To The Moon: Project Apollo: Apollo 11 (AS-11): -- At
02:56 UTC, Astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to
walk on the Moon. On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 lunar lander
Eagle made the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of
Tranquility. Within hours, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz
Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon on July 21 UTC.
On July 16, 1969, the mission began with liftoff from Kennedy
Space Center at 9:37 a.m. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that
landed the first two people on the Moon. Mission commander Neil
Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar
module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. Armstrong became the
first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours after
landing on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC; Aldrin joined him about 20
minutes later. They spent about two and a quarter hours together
outside the spacecraft, and collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of
lunar material to bring back to Earth. Michael Collins piloted the
command module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were on
the Moon's surface. Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21.5 hours on the
lunar surface before rejoining Columbia in lunar orbit. Apollo 11
was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on
Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16 at 9:32 am EDT (13:32 UTC) and
was the fifth manned mission of NASA's Apollo program. The Apollo
spacecraft had three parts: a command module (CM) with a cabin for
the three astronauts, and the only part that returned to Earth; a
service module (SM), which supported the command module with
propulsion, electrical power, oxygen, and water; and a lunar
module (LM) that had two stages - a descent stage for landing on
the Moon, and an ascent stage to place the astronauts back into
lunar orbit. After being sent to the Moon by the Saturn V's third
stage, the astronauts separated the spacecraft from it and
traveled for three days until they entered into lunar orbit.
Armstrong and Aldrin then moved into the lunar module Eagle and
landed in the Sea of Tranquility. The astronauts used Eagle's
upper stage to lift off from the lunar surface and rejoin Collins
in the command module. They jettisoned Eagle before they performed
the maneuvers that blasted them out of lunar orbit on a trajectory
back to Earth. They returned to Earth and splashed down in the
Pacific Ocean on July 24 after more than eight days in space. The
landing was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide audience.
Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface and described the event
as "one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
Apollo 11 was the beginning of the end of the Space Race
(Apollo-Soyuz was the end effectively) and fulfilled a national
goal proposed in 1961 by U.S. President John F. Kennedy: "before
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July 21, 1925: The History Of The
Automobile: Aero-Engined Cars: Land Speed Records (LSRs) (Absolute
Land Speed Records): The Sunbeam 350HP: -- Malcolm Campbell
becomes the first man to break the 150 mph (241 km/h) land speed
barrier at Pendine Sands in Wales. He drove a Sunbeam 350HP, an
aero-engined car built by the Sunbeam Motor Car Company and the
first of several land speed record-breaking cars with aircraft
engines, at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).
Major Sir Malcolm Campbell MBE (March 1885 11 - December 31, 1948)
was a British racing motorist and motoring journalist. He gained
the world speed record on land and on water at various times,
using vehicles called Blue Bird, including a 1921 Grand Prix
Sunbeam. His son, Donald Campbell, carried on the family tradition
by holding both land speed and water speed records. Pendine Sands
is 7 miles (11 km) of beach on the shores of Carmarthen Bay on the
south coast of Wales. In the early 1900s the sands were used as a
venue for car and motor cycle races. The firm, flat surface of the
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July 21, 356 BC: Greece: Ancient Greece:
Greek Religion (Ancient Greek Religion): Greek Architecture
(Ancient Greek Architecture): Greek Temples (Ancient Greek
Temples): The Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World (The Seven
Wonders Of The World, The Seven Wonders): The Temple Of Artemis
(Greek: Artemision) (The Temple Of Diana [Roman Religion]): The
Second Temple Of Artemis: Arson: Crimes Against Culture (German:
Kulturshade, "Shame Against Culture"): The Destruction
Of The Second Temple Of Artemis: -- The Second Temple of Artemis
in Ephesus or Artemision (Greek: Artemision; Turkish: Artemis
Tapinagi), also known less precisely as the Temple of Diana, a
Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess
Artemis (associated with Diana, a Roman goddess), the Greek
goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, and
chastity, is destroyed in a vainglorious act of arson by a man,
Herostratus, who set fire to the wooden roof-beams, seeking fame
at any cost; thus the term herostratic fame. For this outrage, the
Ephesians sentenced the perpetrator to death and forbade anyone
from mentioning his name; but Theopompus later noted it. In Greek
and Roman historical tradition, the temple's destruction coincided
with the birth of Alexander The Great (around 20/21 July 356 BC).
Plutarch remarked that Artemis was too preoccupied with
Alexander's delivery to save her burning temple. The Temple of
Artemis was located in Ephesus near the modern town of Selcuk in
present-day Turkey. It was completely rebuilt twice, once after a
devastating flood and three hundred years later after the act of
arson. In its final form was one of the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World. By 401 AD it had been ruined or destroyed. Only
foundations and fragments of the last temple remain at the site.
========= First Temple: The earliest version of the temple (a
temenos) antedated the Ionic immigration by many years, and dates
to the Bronze Age. Callimachus, in his Hymn to Artemis, attributed
it to the Amazons. In the 7th century BC, it was destroyed by a
flood that deposited over half a meter of sand and flotsam over
the original clay floor. Although the site was prone to flooding,
and raised by silt deposits about two metres between the 8th and
6th centuries, and a further 2.4 m between the sixth and the
fourth, its continued use indicates that maintaining the identity
of the actual location played an important role to the sacred
organization dedicated to the Lady Ephesus, the eunuch priests
known as the Megabyzoi. In this great temple, Heraclitus deposited
his book "On Nature" as a dedication to Artemis.
========= Second Temple: The new temple built after the flood,
reconstructed in an even more grandiose form, was designed and
constructed from around 550 BC by the Cretan architect Chersiphron
and his son Metagenes. The project was funded by Croesus of Lydia,
and took 10 years to complete. It was sponsored at least in part
by Croesus, who founded Lydia's empire and was overlord of
Ephesus. It was 115 m (377 ft) long and 46 m (151 ft) wide,
supposedly the first Greek temple built of marble. Its peripteral
columns stood some 13 m (40 ft) high, in double rows that formed a
wide ceremonial passage around the cella that housed the goddess's
cult image. Thirty-six of these columns were, according to Pliny,
decorated by carvings in relief. A new ebony or blackened
grapewood cult statue was sculpted by Endoios, and a naiskos to
house it was erected east of the open-air altar. A rich foundation
deposit from this era, also called the "Artemision deposit",
yielded more than a thousand items, including what may be the
earliest coins made from the silver-gold alloy electrum, and the
earliest inscribed coins, those of Phanes, dated to 625-600 BC
from Ephesus, with the legend "I am the badge of Phanes",
or just bearing the name "Of Phanes". The temple became
an important attraction, visited by merchants, kings, and
sightseers, many of whom paid homage to Artemis in the form of
jewelry and various goods. It also offered sanctuary to those
fleeing persecution or punishment, a tradition linked in myth to
the Amazons who twice fled there seeking the goddess's protection
from punishment, firstly by Dionysus and later, by Heracles.
========= Third Temple: After this temple was destroyed in the 346
BC act of arson, Alexander The Great offered to pay for the
temple's rebuilding; the Ephesians tactfully refused, saying "it
would be improper for one god to build a temple to another".
After Alexander's death, funded by the Ephesians themselves, the
next, greatest and last form of the temple was rebuilt, with work
starting in 323 BC and continuing for many years. The third temple
was larger than the second; 137 m (450 ft) long by 69 m (225 ft)
wide and 18 m (60 ft) high, with more than 127 columns.
Athenagoras of Athens names Endoeus, a pupil of Daedalus, as
sculptor of Artemis' main cult image. Pausanias (c. 2nd century
AD) reports another image and altar in the temple, dedicated to
Artemis Protothronia (Artemis "of the first seat") and a
gallery of images above this altar, including an ancient figure of
Nyx (the primordial goddess of Night) by the sculptor Rhoecus (6th
century BC). Pliny describes images of Amazons, the legendary
founders of Ephesus and Ephesian Artemis' original proteges,
carved by Scopas. Literary sources describe the temple's adornment
by paintings, columns gilded with gold and silver, and religious
works of renowned Greek sculptors Polyclitus, Pheidias, Cresilas,
and Phradmon. The third temple is described in Antipater of
Sidon's list of the world's Seven Wonders: "I have set eyes
on the wall of lofty Babylon on which is a road for chariots, and
the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, and the hanging gardens, and
the colossus of the Sun, and the huge labour of the high pyramids,
and the vast tomb of Mausolus; but when I saw the house of Artemis
that mounted to the clouds, those other marvels lost their
brilliancy, and I said, 'Lo, apart from Olympus, the Sun never
looked on aught so grand'." This reconstruction survived for
600 years, and appears multiple times in early Christian accounts
of Ephesus. According to the New Testament, the appearance of the
first Christian missionary in Ephesus caused locals to fear for
the temple's dishonor. The 2nd-century Acts of John includes an
apocryphal tale of the temple's destruction: the apostle John
prayed publicly in the Temple of Artemis, exorcising its demons
and "of a sudden the altar of Artemis split in many pieces...
and half the temple fell down," instantly converting the
Ephesians, who wept, prayed or took flight. Against this, a Roman
edict of 162 AD acknowledges the importance of Artemesion, the
annual Ephesian festival to Artemis, and officially extends it
from a few holy days over March-April to a whole month, "one
of the largest and most magnificent religious festivals in
Ephesus' liturgical calendar". In 268 AD, the temple was
destroyed or damaged in a raid by the Goths, an East Germanic
tribe; in the time of emperor Gallienus: "Respa, Veduc and
Thuruar, leaders of the Goths, took ship and sailed across the
strait of the Hellespont to Asia. There they laid waste many
populous cities and set fire to the renowned temple of Diana at
Ephesus," reported Jordanes in Getica. It is, however,
unknown to what extent the temple was damaged. Whatever the extent
of the injuries to the building, it appears to have been rebuilt
or repaired, as the temple is noted to have been in use for
worship during the rise of Christianity, and closed as a
consequence of the Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire.
However, the history of the temple between 268 and its closure by
the Christian persecutions is not well known, and it is
unconfirmed how big the damage of 268 was, and exactly which year
it was closed by the Christians. Ammonius of Alexandria comments
on the closure of the temple in his commentary of the Acts of the
Apostles in the mid 5th century, in which he gives the impression
that the closure of the temple had occurred in his living memory.
The closure of the Temple of Artemis is assumed to have occurred
sometime during the course of the early to mid 5th century, with
the year of 407 as an early date. The closure of the temple was
followed by the erasing of the name of Artemis from inscriptions
around the city of Ephesus. ========= Final Destruction: It is
unknown how long the building stood after the closure of the
temple by the Christians. At least some of the stones from the
temple were eventually used in construction of other buildings.
Some of the columns in Hagia Sophia originally belonged to the
temple of Artemis, and the Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai records
the re-use of several statues and other decorative elements from
the temple, throughout Constantinople. The main primary sources
for the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus are Pliny the Elder's Natural
History, Pomponius Mela, and Plutarch's Life of Alexander
(referencing the burning of the Artemiseum). Cyril of Alexandria
credited Archbishop of Constantinople John Chrysostom with
destroying the temple, referring to him as "the destroyer of
the demons and overthrower of the temple of Diana". A later
Archbishop of Constantinople, Proclus, noted the achievements of
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July 21, 1645: China: The History Of
China: Imperial China: The Qing Dynasty (The Great Qing): Crimes
Against Culture (German: Kulturshade, "Shame Against
Culture"): Tifayifu (Chinese: "Shaving Hair And Changing
Costume"): The Queue Order (The Tonsure Decree): -- Dorgon
(Manchu: "Badger", November 17, 1612 - December 31,
1650), Manchu prince and regent of the early Qing Dynasty of
Imperial China, issues The Queue Order, an edict involving a
series of violently imposed laws ordering all Han Chinese men to
shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue
identical to those of the Manchus. The Queue Order was ultimately
imposed on Taiwanese indigenous peoples over a century later 1753,
and on Koreans who settled in northeast China in the late 19th
century, though the Ryukyuan people of the Ryukyu Kingdom, a
tributary of China, requested and were granted an exemption from
the mandate. Tifayifu was a cultural policy that forced Han
Chinese people to adopt the Manchu hairstyle, the queue, and
Manchu clothing. After the Manchu captured Nanjing, the southern
capital of China, from the Southern Ming in 1645, the Tifayifu
policy was enforced severely. The Qing rulers demanded that men
among their newly defeated subjects adopt the Manchu hairstyle or
face execution. The law was strongly opposed by the Han Chinese,
especially those who were part of the late-Ming scholar and
literati class. The edict ran completely against Han Chinese
tradition, whose adult men did not cut their hair for
philosophical and cultural reasons. According to the Classic of
Filial Piety, Confucius said "We are given our body, skin and
hair from our parents; which we ought not to damage. This idea is
the quintessence of filial duty. As a result of this ideology,
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July 21, 1970: Egyptian History: Modern
Egyptian History: Crimes Against Culture (German: Kulturshade,
"Shame Against Culture"): The Inundation Of Lower Nubia,
Southern Egypt And Northern Sudan: The Aswan Dam (The Aswan High
Dam): -- After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in
Egypt is completed, some two months before the death of its
patron, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. The Aswan Dam, or
more specifically since the 1980s, the Aswan High Dam, is one of
the world's largest embankment dams, which was built across the
Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Its significance
largely eclipsed the previous Aswan Low Dam initially completed in
1902 downstream. Based on the success of the Low Dam, then at its
maximum utilization, construction of the High Dam became a key
objective of the government following the Egyptian Revolution of
1952; with its ability to better control flooding, provide
increased water storage for irrigation and generate
hydroelectricity, the dam was seen as pivotal to Egypt's planned
industrialization. Like the earlier implementation, the High Dam
has had a significant effect on the economy and culture of Egypt.
Before the High Dam was built, even with the old dam in place, the
annual flooding of the Nile during late summer had continued to
pass largely unimpeded down the valley from its East African
drainage basin. These floods brought high water with natural
nutrients and minerals that annually enriched the fertile soil
along its floodplain and delta; this predictability had made the
Nile valley ideal for farming since ancient times. However, this
natural flooding varied, since high-water years could destroy the
whole crop, while low-water years could create widespread drought
and consequently famine. Both these events had continued to occur
periodically. As Egypt's population grew and technology increased,
both a desire and the ability developed to completely control the
flooding, and thus both protect and support farmland and its
economically important cotton crop. With the greatly increased
reservoir storage provided by the High Aswan Dam, the floods could
be controlled and the water could be stored for later release over
multiple years. The Aswan Dam was designed by the Moscow-based
Hydroproject Institute. Twenty-two monuments and architectural
complexes that were threatened by flooding from Lake Nasser,
including the Abu Simbel temples, were preserved by moving them to
the shores of the lake under UNESCO's Nubia Campaign entitled The
International Campaign To Save The Monuments Of Nubia. This
project, in particular the creation of a coalition of 50 countries
behind the project, led to the creation of the World Heritage
Convention in 1972, and thus to the modern system of World
Heritage Sites. Also moved were Philae, Kalabsha and Amada. Some
of these monuments were granted to countries that helped with the
works: The Debod temple to Madrid; The Temple of Dendur to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York; The Temple of Taffeh to
the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden of Leiden; and The Temple of Ellesyia
to the Museo Egizio of Turin. Other of these monuments were
removed to the garden area of the Sudan National Museum of
Khartoum: The temple of Ramses II at Aksha; The temple of
Hatshepsut at Buhen; The temple of Khnum at Kumma; The tomb of the
Nubian prince Djehuti-hotep at Debeira; The temples of Dedwen and
Sesostris III at Semna; The granite columns from the Faras
Cathedral; and a part of the paintings of the Faras Cathedral, the
other part being in the National Museum of Warsaw. The Temple of
Ptah at Gerf Hussein had its free-standing section reconstructed
at New Kalabsha, alongside the Temple of Kalabsha, Beit el-Wali,
and the Kiosk of Qertassi. The remaining archaeological sites,
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July 21, 1861: The American Civil War
(The Civil War, The War Between The States): The Eastern Theater
Of The American Civil War: The First Battle Of Bull Run (The
Battle Of First Manassas): -- At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the
first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the
Confederate army. On July 16, 1861, at the order of President
Abraham Lincoln, Union troops began a 25-mile march into Virginia
for what will become the First Battle Of Bull Run, the first major
land battle of the war. The First Battle Of Bull Run (the name
used by Union forces), also known as the First Battle of Manassas
(the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861
in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the city of
Manassas and about 25 miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C. It
was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The Union's
forces were slow in positioning themselves, allowing Confederate
reinforcements time to arrive by rail. Each side had about 18,000
poorly trained and poorly led troops in their first battle. It was
a Confederate victory, followed by a disorganized retreat of the
Union forces. Just months after the start of the war at Fort
Sumter, the Northern public clamored for a march against the
Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, which was expected to
bring an early end to the rebellion. Yielding to political
pressure, Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell led his unseasoned Union Army
across Bull Run against the equally inexperienced Confederate Army
of Brig. Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard camped near Manassas Junction.
McDowell's ambitious plan for a surprise flank attack on the
Confederate left was poorly executed by his officers and men;
nevertheless, the Confederates, who had been planning to attack
the Union left flank, found themselves at an initial disadvantage.
Confederate reinforcements under Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston
arrived from the Shenandoah Valley by railroad, and the course of
the battle quickly changed. A brigade of Virginians under the
relatively unknown brigadier general from the Virginia Military
Institute, Thomas J. Jackson, stood its ground, which resulted in
Jackson receiving his famous nickname, "Stonewall". The
Confederates launched a strong counterattack, and as the Union
troops began withdrawing under fire, many panicked and the retreat
turned into a rout. McDowell's men frantically ran without order
in the direction of Washington, D.C. Both armies were sobered by
the fierce fighting and many casualties, and realized that the war
was going to be much longer and bloodier than either had
anticipated. The Battle of First Bull Run highlighted many of the
problems and deficiencies that were typical of the first year of
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July 21, 1864: Newspapers: History Of
Newspapers: African American History: First Publications: -- The
New Orleans Tribune, distinguished as both the first Black daily
newspaper in the United States, as well as the first bilingual
one, publishes its first edition. Serving the African American
community of New Orleans, Louisiana, it was founded in 1864 by Dr.
Louis Charles Roudanez, a free man of color. It was published in
French and English, as a large part of the New Orleans population,
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July 21, 1962: Civil Rights Movements:
The American Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968): Anti-Black Racism
In The United States: Segregation: Racial Segregation: Black
Suffrage (Black Political Franchise, Black Franchise, Black Right
To Vote, Black Active Suffrage): Civil Rights Protests: Civil
Rights Protests In The United States: The Albany Movement: --
Police arrest more than 160 African Americans participating in a
night march in downtown Albany, Georgia. The marchers, many
dressed in white, walk two abreast, flanked by two reporters with
notepads. Police meet the demonstrators downtown where Albany
police chief Laurie Pritchett speaks to the crowd through a
bullhorn. Georgia state troopers stand in a line, apparently
blocking traffic from the street; city officials relied on the
assistance of troopers during many of the marches. Police stand by
and watch as Reverend Samuel B. "Benny" Wells leads the
demonstrators in prayer; as he prays, they kneel or sit on the
sidewalk. Next, the marchers sing and clap their hands in an
alley, most likely in "Freedom Alley", a dead-end street
beside City Hall where arrested civil rights protesters often
waited for booking. The clip ends with policemen standing in the
street near a movie theater in Albany. On July 21, Albany city
officials had obtained a federal injunction against local and
national leaders restraining them from leading marches and other
demonstrations. At a scheduled mass meeting held that evening at
Shiloh Baptist Church, Reverend Wells, who was not named in the
injunction, volunteered to lead a march. Over one hundred people
followed him downtown and were arrested; another fifty marched
later that night and joined those already in jail. The night march
on July 21 was one of the last night marches held in Albany. After
violence erupted in response to the marchers' arrest on the
evening of July 24, the Albany Movement organized daytime marches
to avoid further incidents. The Albany Movement was a
desegregation and voters' rights coalition formed in Albany,
Georgia, in November 1961. This movement was founded by local
black leaders and ministers, as well as members of the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The
group were assisted by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). It was meant to draw
attention to the brutally enforced racial segregation practices in
Southwest Georgia. However, many leaders in SNCC were
fundamentally opposed to King and the SCLC's involvement. They
felt that a more democratic approach aimed at long-term solutions
was preferable for the area other than King's tendency towards
short-term, authoritatively-run organizing. Although the Albany
Movement is deemed by some as a failure due to its unsuccessful
attempt at desegregating public spaces in Southwest Georgia, those
most directly involved in the movement tend to disagree. People
involved in this movement labeled it as a beneficial lesson in
strategy and tactics for the leaders of the civil rights movement
and a key component to the movement's future successes in
desegregation and policy changes in other areas of the Deep South.
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July 21, 1949: The Aftermath Of World War
II: The Cold War: The Allied Occupation Of Germany: The Bonn-Paris
Conventions (The General Treaty) (Intergovernmental Organizations:
International Organizations: Military Alliances: The North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; French: Organisation Du Traite
De L'Atlantique Nord, OTAN; The North Atlantic Alliance): The
North Atlantic Treaty (The Washington Treaty)): -- The United
States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty, thereby founding
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also referred to as
the Washington Treaty, the North Atlantic Treaty, forms the legal
basis of NATO, and the policies which NATO implements. The treaty
was signed in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 1949. The North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; French: Organisation du traite
de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic
Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30
North American and European countries. NATO constitutes a system
of collective defence whereby its independent member states agree
to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
NATO's Headquarters are located in Evere, Brussels, Belgium, while
the headquarters of Allied Command Operations is near Mons,
Belgium. Since its founding, the admission of new member states
has increased the alliance from the original 12 countries to 30.
The most recent member state to be added to NATO was North
Macedonia on March 27, 2020. NATO currently recognizes Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Georgia, and Ukraine as aspiring members. An
additional 20 countries participate in NATO's Partnership for
Peace program, with 15 other countries involved in
institutionalized dialogue programs. The combined military
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July 21, 1898: #BOTD: #HBD! Ernest
Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist,
Pulitzer Prize recipient, Nobel Prize laureate (d. July 2, 1961)
is #born Ernest Miller Hemingway in Oak Park, Illinois. The
economical and understated style of Ernest Miller Hemingway, which
he termed the Iceberg Theory, had a strong influence on
20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and his
public image brought him admiration from later generations.
Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the
mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He
published seven novels, six short-story collections, and two
non-fiction works. Three of his novels, four short story
collections, and three non-fiction works were published
posthumously. Many of his works are considered classics of
American literature. Hemingway was raised in Oak Park, Illinois.
After high school, he reported for a few months for The Kansas
City Star, before leaving for the Italian Front to enlist as an
ambulance driver in World War I. In 1918, he was seriously wounded
and returned home. His wartime experiences formed the basis for
his novel A Farewell to Arms (1929). In 1921, he married Hadley
Richardson, the first of what would be four wives. The couple
moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign correspondent and was
influenced by the modernist writers and artists of the 1920s "Lost
Generation" expatriate community. His debut novel, The Sun
Also Rises, was published in 1926. After his 1927 divorce from
Richardson, Hemingway married Pauline Pfeiffer; they divorced
after he returned from the Spanish Civil War, where he had been a
journalist. He based For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) on his
experience there. Martha Gellhorn became his third wife in 1940;
they separated after he met Mary Welsh in London during World War
II. He was present at the Normandy landings and the liberation of
Paris. Shortly after the publication of The Old Man And The Sea
(1952), Hemingway went on safari to Africa, where he was almost
killed in two successive plane crashes that left him in pain or
ill-health for much of the rest of his life. Hemingway maintained
permanent residences in Key West, Florida (in the 1930s) and Cuba
(in the 1940s and 1950s). While he and his wife Mary Saviers were
living in Ketchum, Idaho in 1960, he became aware that the FBI was
actively monitoring his movements. The FBI had, in fact, opened a
file on him during World War II, when he used the Pilar to patrol
the waters off Cuba, and J. Edgar Hoover, who had a deep personal
animus against Hemingway and considered him both a personal and
national security threat (Hemingway had set up an informal
intelligence service in Cuba that was at times more effective than
the FBI, which Hoover considered an affront), had an agent in
Havana watch Hemingway during the 1950s. By the end of November
1960, Mary believed was suffering from paranoia due to his
awareness that the FBI was monitoring him, and at her wits' end,
Saviers suggested Hemingway go to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
Hemingway agreed, and may have believed he was to be treated there
for hypertension. The FBI knew Hemingway was at the Mayo Clinic,
as an agent later documented in a letter written in January 1961.
In an attempt to maintain anonymity, Hemingway was checked in at
the Mayo Clinic under Saviers's name. Meyers writes that "an
aura of secrecy surrounds Hemingway's treatment at the Mayo"
but confirms he was treated with electroshock therapy (now called
electroconvulsive therapy) as many as 15 times in December 1960.
He was "released in ruins", a shadow of his former self
as a result of the repeated electric shocks to his brain, in
January 1961. Author Michael Reynolds was later able to access
Hemingway's records at the Mayo, which indicated, incredibly, that
that the combination of medications given to Hemingway may likely
have been the cause for the depressive state for which Hemingway
was "treated". The ultimate result of all this was that
he was rendered unable to write with anything the level of
competance that an author would consider adequate. Therefore,
three months after Hemingway was released from the Mayo Clinic,
when he was back in Ketchum in April 1961, Mary "found
Hemingway holding a shotgun" in the kitchen one morning. She
called Saviers, who sedated him and admitted him to the Sun Valley
Hospital; from there he was returned to the Mayo Clinic for more
electroshock treatments. He was released in late June and arrived
home in Ketchum on June 30. Two days later, in the early morning
hours of July 2, 1961, Hemingway "quite deliberately"
shot himself with his favorite shotgun. He had unlocked the
basement storeroom where his guns were kept, gone upstairs to the
front entrance foyer of their Ketchum home, and according to
Mellow, shot himself with the "double-barreled shotgun that
he had used so often it might have been a friend". He is
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July 21, 1899: #BOTD: #HBD! Hart Crane,
American poet (d. April 27, 1932) is #born Harold Hart Crane in
Garrettsville, Ohio. Finding both inspiration and provocation in
the poetry of T. S. Eliot, Hart Crane wrote modernist poetry that
was difficult, highly stylized, and ambitious in its scope. In his
most ambitious work, The Bridge, Crane sought to write an epic
poem, in the vein of The Waste Land, that expressed a more
optimistic view of modern, urban culture than the one that he
found in Eliot's work. In the years following his suicide at the
age of 32, Crane has been hailed by playwrights, poets, and
literary critics alike (including Robert Lowell, Derek Walcott,
Tennessee Williams, and Harold Bloom), as being one of the most
influential poets of his generation. Hart Crane died when just
before noon he jumped overboard into the Gulf of Mexico from the
steamship Orizaba, en route to New York from Mexico, after he was
beaten up after making sexual advances to a male crew member.
Although he had been drinking heavily and left no suicide note,
witnesses believed his intentions to be suicidal, as several
reported that he exclaimed "Goodbye, everybody!" before
throwing himself overboard. His body was never recovered. A marker
on his father's tombstone at Park Cemetery outside Garrettsville,
Portage County, Ohio includes the inscription, "Harold Hart
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July 21, 1943: #BOTD: #HBD! Edward
Herrmann, American actor, director, writer and television host (d.
December 31, 2014) is #born Edward Kirk Herrmann in Washington,
D.C.. He was perhaps best known as the ubiquitous narrator for
historical programs on the A & E TV network's Our Century
documentary showcase series and on The History Channel, in such
PBS productions as Nova, for his portrayals of Franklin D.
Roosevelt in both the miniseries Eleanor and Franklin (1976), the
1982 film musical Annie, and Richard Gilmore in Amy
Sherman-Palladino's comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls (2000-2007),
Herrmann started working in theatre on Broadway in 1972 with his
debut in Moonchildren alongside James Woods. He received two Tony
Award nominations winning for Best Featured Actor in a Play for
his performance in Mrs. Warren's Profession in 1976. Herrmann
received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning for his
performance in The Practice in 1999. He also received a Screen
Actors Guild Award nomination with the ensemble for Oliver Stone's
Nixon (1995). Herrmann became known as a character actor having
appeared in various films such as Warren Beatty's Reds (1981),
Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Garry Marshall's
Overboard (1987), Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (2004) and Chris
Rock's I Think I Love My Wife (2007). Edward Herrmann died from
brain cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in
Manhattan, at the age of 71. His remains were cremated, and his
ashes were buried near his home in Sharon, Connecticut by his
widow Star Roman. The estate of Edward Herrmann has licensed his
synthesized voice for audiobook narration through DeepZen from
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July 21, 1920: #BOTD: #HBD! Isaac Stern,
Polish-Ukrainian violinist and conductor (d. September 22, 2001)
is #born in Kremenets, Poland (now Ukraine), into a Jewish family.
In 1928, he enrolled at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music,
where he studied until 1931 before going on to study privately
with Louis Persinger. He returned to the San Francisco
Conservatory to study for five years with Naoum Blinder, to whom
he said he owed the most. At his public debut on 18 February 1936,
aged 15, he played Saint-Saens' Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor
with the San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Pierre
Monteux. In 1940, Stern began performing with Russian-born pianist
Alexander Zakin, collaborating until 1977. Reflecting on his
background, Stern once memorably quipped that cultural exchanges
between the U.S. and Soviet Russia were simple affairs: "They
send us their Jews from Odessa, and we send them our Jews from
Odessa.". Within musical circles, Stern became renowned both
for his recordings and for championing certain younger players.
Among his discoveries were cellists Yo-Yo Ma and Jian Wang, and
violinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman. In the 1960s, he
also played a major role in saving New York City's Carnegie Hall
from demolition, by organising the Citizens' Committee to Save
Carnegie Hall. Following the purchase of Carnegie Hall by New York
City, the Carnegie Hall Corporation was formed, and Stern was
chosen as its first president, a title he held until his death at
age 81 of heart failure in a Manhattan, New York, hospital after
an extended stay. He is buried at Morningside Cemetery,
Gaylordsville, Connecticut. Carnegie Hall later named its main
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be delivered to the Lennon Sisters! :) ) ========= July 21, 1951:
#BOTD: #HBD! Robin Williams, American comedian, actor, singer, and
producer (d. August 11,2014) is #born Robin McLaurin Williams at
St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Williams started as a
stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the
mid-1970s. He is credited with leading San Francisco's comedy
renaissance. After rising to fame as an alien called Mork in the
TV sci-fi sitcom series Mork and Mindy, Williams established a
career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. He was
known for his improvisational skills. After his first starring
film role in Popeye (1980), Williams starred or co-starred in
various films that achieved both critical acclaim and financial
success, including Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets
Society (1989), Aladdin (1992), The Birdcage (1996), and Good Will
Hunting (1997). He also starred in widely acclaimed films such as
The World According to Garp (1982), Moscow on the Hudson (1984),
Awakenings (1990), The Fisher King (1991), One Hour Photo (2002),
and World's Greatest Dad (2009), as well as box office hits such
as Hook (1991), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995) and Night at
the Museum (2006). Williams won the 1997 Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actor for his performance as psychologist Sean Maguire
in Good Will Hunting. He also received two Emmy Awards, seven
Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four
Grammy Awards throughout his career. On August 11, 2014, Williams
committed suicide at his home in Paradise Cay, California, at the
age of 63. His wife attributed his suicide to Williams' struggle
with Lewy body disease. The final autopsy report, released in
November 2014, noted that Williams had been suffering "a
recent increase in paranoia". An examination of his brain
tissue revealed the presence of "diffuse Lewy body dementia."
Describing the disease as "the terrorist inside my husband's
brain", his wife Susan Schneider stated, "however you
look at it-the presence of Lewy bodies took his life,"
referring to his previous diagnosis of Parkinson's. His remains
were cremated, and the ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay. On
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July 21, 1924: #BOTD: #HBD! Don Knotts,
American actor, comedian and screenwriter, best known as Deputy
Sheriff Barney Fife on the 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for
which he earned five Emmy Awards (d. February 24, 2006) is #born
Jesse Donald Knotts in Morgantown, West Virginia. Don Knotts also
starred in two comedic films, playing Luther Heggs in The Ghost
and Mr. Chicken (1966) and Henry Limpet in The Incredible Mr.
Limpet (1964). He also portrayed Ralph Furley on the TV sit-com
Three's Company. In 1979 TV Guide ranked him #27 on its 50
Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. Don Knotts died at age 81 at
the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from pulmonary and
respiratory complications of pneumonia related to lung cancer. He
underwent treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the months
before his death, but returned home after reportedly feeling
better. He is buried at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
Knotts' obituaries cited him as a major influence on other
entertainers. In early 2011, his grave's plain granite headstone
was replaced with a bronze plaque depicting several of his movie
and television roles. A statue honoring him, created by Jamie
Lester, was unveiled on July 23, 2016, in front of The
Metropolitan Theatre on High Street in his hometown of Morgantown,
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July 21, 1939: #BOTD: Kim Fowley,
American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and
manager, best known for his role behind a string of novelty and
cult pop rock singles in the 1960s such as The Hollywood Argyles'
"Alley Oop", B. Bumble and the Stingers' "Nut
Rocker", The Murmaids' "Popsicles and Icicles",
Jerry Samuels' (billed as Napoleon XIV) "They're Coming to
Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!", and for managing the Runaways in the
1970s (d. January 15, 2015) is #born Kim Vincent Fowley in Los
Angeles, California, the son of character actor Douglas Fowley and
actress Shelby Payne. His parents later divorced and Payne married
William Friml, son of composer Rudolf Friml. Fowley attended
University High School at the same time as singers Jan Berry and
Dean Torrence (later of Jan and Dean fame), Bruce Johnston (later
of the Beach Boys), and Nancy Sinatra, as well as actors Ryan
O'Neal, James Brolin, and Sandra Dee. He has been described as
"one of the most colorful characters in the annals of rock &
roll," as well as "a shadowy cult figure well outside
the margins of the mainstream." Fowley died of bladder cancer
in Hollywood, California at the age of 75.[36] He is interred at
Hollywood Forever Cemetery. In a 2001 interview, Michael Steele of
The Bangles claimed Fowley fired her from The Runaways for
refusing his sexual advances. In July 2015, six months after
Fowley's death, Jackie Fuchs (who had performed under the stage
name Jackie Fox with The Runaways) claimed that Fowley had raped
her in 1975 during a New Year's Eve party while he was involved
with the band. Fox also alleged that Joan Jett and Cherie Currie
witnessed the rape. Jett and Currie both denied seeing the
incident, but songwriter Kari Krome, as well as other bystanders
who did not intervene, have corroborated it. In 2023, Kari Krome
filed a lawsuit against Fowley's estate alleging that he had
repeatedly sexually assaulted her when she was 14 or 15 years old.
Look Away, a documentary about sexual abuse in the rock music
industry features Fuchs' story. Kim Fowley died of bladder cancer
in Hollywood, California at the age of 75. He is interred at
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July 21, 1948: #BOTD: #HBD! Yusuf Islam,
commonly known by his stage name Cat Stevens, and later as Yusuf,
English singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist, mandolin player,
pianist and Mellotron player, is #born Steven Demetre Georgiou in
the Marylebone area of London as the youngest child of a Greek
Cypriot father, Stavros Georgiou (1900-1978), and a Swedish
mother, Ingrid Wickman (1915-1989). His musical style consists of
folk, pop, rock, and, in his later career, Islamic music. He was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. His 1967
debut album and its title song "Matthew and Son" both
reached top ten in the UK charts. Stevens' albums Tea for the
Tillerman (1970) and Teaser and the Firecat (1971) were certified
triple platinum in the US. His 1972 album Catch Bull at Four spent
weeks at the top of several major charts. He earned ASCAP
songwriting awards in 2005 and 2006 for "The First Cut Is the
Deepest", and the song has been a hit for four artists. His
other hit songs include "Father and Son", "Wild
World", "Moonshadow", "Peace Train", and
"Morning Has Broken". In December 1977, Stevens
converted to Islam and adopted the name Yusuf Islam the following
year. In 1979, he auctioned all of his guitars for charity. He has
since bought back at least one of these guitars as a result of the
efforts of his son Yoriyos, and left his musical career to devote
himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim
community. He was embroiled in a long-running controversy
regarding comments he made in 1989 about the death fatwa on author
Salman Rushdie. He has received two honorary doctorates and awards
for promoting peace as well as other humanitarian awards. In 2006,
he returned to pop music - releasing his first new studio album of
new pop songs in 28 years, entitled An Other Cup. With that
release and subsequent ones, he dropped the surname "Islam"
from the album cover art, using the stage name Yusuf as a mononym.
In 2009, he released the album Roadsinger and, in 2014, he
released the album Tell 'Em I'm Gone and began his first US tour
since 1978. His second North American tour since his resurgence,
featuring 12 shows in intimate venues, ran from September 12 to
October 7, 2016. In 2017, he released the album The Laughing
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July 21, 1944: German Resistance To
Nazism (German: Widerstand): Assassination Attempts On Adolf
Hitler: The July 20, 1944 Assassination Attempt On Adolf Hitler
(The 20 July Plot, The July 20 Plot): -- German Army Claus von
Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators 1st Lt. Werner von Haeften,
General Friedrich Olbricht and Colonel Albrecht Mertz von
Quirnheim, are tortured and executed in Berlin, Germany, for the
July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. On July 20, 1944, Adolf
Hitler survived an assassination attempt led by Stauffenberg.
Known as the 20 July Plot or the July 20 Plot, on that date Claus
von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate
Adolf Hitler, Fuehrer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair
field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia. The name
Operation Valkyrie, originally referring to part of the
conspiracy, has become associated with the entire event. The
apparent purpose of the assassination attempt was to seize
political control of Germany and its armed forces from the Nazi
Party (including the SS) and to make peace with the western Allies
as soon as possible. The underlying desire of many of the involved
high-ranking Wehrmacht officers was apparently to show to the
world that not all Germans were like Hitler and the Nazi Party.
The plot was the culmination of efforts by several groups in the
German resistance to overthrow the Nazi German government. The
failure of the assassination attempt and the intended military
coup d'etat that was to follow led the Gestapo to arrest more than
7,000 people, of whom they executed 4,980. After several
unsuccessful tries by Stauffenberg to meet Hitler, Goering and
Himmler when they were together, Stauffenberg went ahead with the
attempt at the Wolf's Lair on 20 July 1944. Stauffenberg entered
the briefing room carrying a briefcase containing two small bombs.
The location had unexpectedly been changed from the subterranean
Fuhrerbunker to Albert Speer's wooden barrack/hut due to it being
a hot summer's day. He left the room to arm the first bomb with
specially adapted pliers, a task made difficult because he had
lost his right hand and had only three fingers on his left. A
guard knocked and opened the door, urging him to hurry as the
meeting was about to begin. As a result, Stauffenberg was able to
arm only one of the bombs. He left the second bomb with his
aide-de-camp, Werner von Haeften, and returned to the briefing
room, where he placed the briefcase under the conference table, as
close as he could to Hitler. Some minutes later, he excused
himself and left the room. After his exit, the briefcase was moved
by Colonel Heinz Brandt. When the explosion tore through the hut,
Stauffenberg was convinced that no one in the room could have
survived. Although four people were killed and almost all
survivors were injured, Hitler himself was shielded from the blast
by the heavy, solid-oak conference table leg, which Colonel Brandt
had placed the briefcase bomb behind, and was only slightly
wounded. Stauffenberg and Haeften quickly left and drove to the
nearby airfield. After his return to Berlin, Stauffenberg
immediately began to motivate his friends to initiate the second
phase: the military coup against the Nazi leaders. When Joseph
Goebbels announced by radio that Hitler had survived and later,
after Hitler himself personally spoke on the state radio, the
conspirators realised that the coup had failed. They were tracked
to their Bendlerstrasse offices and overpowered after a brief
shoot-out, during which Stauffenberg was wounded in the shoulder.
In an attempt to save his own life, co-conspirator General
Friedrich Fromm, Commander-in-Chief of the Replacement Army
present in the Bendlerblock (Headquarters of the Army), charged
other conspirators in an impromptu court martial and condemned the
ringleaders of the conspiracy to death. Stauffenberg, his aide 1st
Lieutenant Werner von Haeften, General Friedrich Olbricht, and
Colonel Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim were executed before 1:00 in
the morning (21 July 1944) by a makeshift firing squad in the
courtyard of the Bendlerblock, which was lit by the headlights of
a truck. Stauffenberg was third in line to be executed, with
Lieutenant von Haeften after. However, when it was Stauffenberg's
turn, Lieutenant von Haeften placed himself between the firing
squad and Stauffenberg, and received the bullets meant for
Stauffenberg. When his turn came, Stauffenberg spoke his last
words, "Es lebe das heilige Deutschland!" ("Long
live our sacred Germany!") Others say the last words were:
"Es lebe das geheime Deutschland!" ("Long live the
secret Germany!"), in reference to Stefan George and the
anti-Nazi circle. Fromm ordered that the executed officers (his
former co-conspirators) receive an immediate burial with military
honours in the Alter St.-Matthaus-Kirchhof in Berlin's Schoneberg
district. The next day, however, Stauffenberg's body was exhumed
by the SS, stripped of his medals and insignia, and cremated.
Another central figure in the plot was Stauffenberg's eldest
brother, Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. On 10 August 1944,
Berthold was tried before Judge-President Roland Freisler in the
special "People's Court" (Volksgerichtshof). This court
was established by Hitler for political offences. Berthold was one
of eight conspirators executed by slow strangulation in Plotzensee
Prison, Berlin, later that day. Before he was killed, Berthold was
strangled and then revived multiple times. The entire execution
and multiple resuscitations were filmed for Hitler to view at his
leisure. More than 200 were condemned in show trials and executed.
Hitler used the 20 July Plot as an excuse to destroy anyone he
feared would oppose him. The traditional military salute was
replaced with the Nazi salute also known as the Hitler salute.
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Today, July 21, 2026
July 21, 1925: Evolution: The Theory Of
Evolution: Evolution Of Primates: Human Evolution (Anthropogeny,
Anthropogenesis, Anthropogony): Christian Creationism: The
Rejection Of Evolution By Religious Groups: The Butler Act (An Act
Prohibiting The Teaching Of The Evolution Theory In All The
Universities, And All Other Public Schools Of Tennessee, Which Are
Supported In Whole Or In Part By The Public School Funds Of The
State, And To Provide Penalties For The Violations Thereof): The
Scopes Trial (Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, The Scopes Monkey
Trial): -- In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John
T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined
100 USD. On July 10, the so-called "Monkey Trial" of
John T. Scopes began. The Scopes Trial, formally known as The
State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and commonly referred to
as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in July
1925 in which a young substitute high school science teacher, John
T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which
had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded
school. The trial was deliberately staged in order to attract
publicity to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, where it was
held. Scopes was unsure whether he had ever actually taught
evolution, but he purposely incriminated himself so that the case
could have a defendant. Scopes was found guilty and fined 100 USD
(equal to 1395 USD in 2017), but the verdict was overturned on a
technicality. The trial served its purpose of drawing intense
national publicity, as national reporters flocked to Dayton to
cover the big-name lawyers who had agreed to represent each side.
William Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential candidate, argued
for the prosecution, while Clarence Darrow, the famed defense
attorney, spoke for Scopes. The trial publicized the
Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy, which set Modernists, who
said evolution was not inconsistent with religion, against
Fundamentalists, who said the word of God as revealed in the Bible
took priority over all human knowledge. The case was thus seen as
both a theological contest and a trial on whether "modern
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July 21, 1865: The American Frontier (The
American West, The Wild West, The Old West): Gunfights (Shootouts,
Firefights, Gun Battles): The Hickok-Tutt Shootout: -- In what is
regarded as the first western showdown, Wild Bill Hickok shoots
and kills Davis Tutt during a gunfight in the market square of
Springfield, Missouri. It is one of the few recorded instances in
the Old West of a one-on-one pistol quick-draw duel in a public
place, in the manner later made iconic by countless dime novels,
radio dramas, and Western films such as High Noon. The first story
of the shootout was detailed in an article in Harper's Magazine in
1867, making Hickok a household name and folk hero. On Sale Until
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Today, July 21, 2026
July 21, 1873: The American Frontier (The
American West, The Wild West, The Old West): Crime: Organized
Crime: Outlaw Gangs Of The American Old West: Crime Families: The
James-Younger Gang: -- The Wild West: Just southwest of the town
of Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off
the first successful train robbery in the American Old West. They
derailed a locomotive of the Rock Island Railroad near Adair,
Iowa, resulting in crash that killed Engineer John Rafferty. The
outlaws took 2,337 USD from the express safe in the baggage car,
having narrowly missed a transcontinental express shipment of a
large amount of cash. For this, they wore Ku Klux Klan masks. By
this time, the Klan had been suppressed in the South by President
Grant's use of the Enforcement Acts. The former Confederate rebels
attacked the railroads as symbols of threatening centralization.
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Today, July 21, 2026
July 21, 1954: The Aftermath Of World War
II: The Cold War: The Indochina Wars: The First Indochina War
(1946-1954) (The Indochina War, The Anti-French Resistance War,
The French-Indochina War): The Korean Conflict: The 1954 Geneva
Conference (The Geneva Conference): -- Vietnam is partitioned into
North Vietnam and South Vietnam, pursuant to the The Geneva
Conference agreement signed the day prior in Geneva, Switzerland,
an agreement that also ended hostilities between French forces in
Vietnam and The People's Army Of Vietnam. The Geneva Conference
had begun on April 26, 1954 among several nations in an effort to
restore peace in Indochina and Korea. It was intended to settle
outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First
Indochina War. The part of the conference on the Korean question
ended without adopting any declarations or proposals, so is
generally considered less relevant. The Geneva Accords that dealt
with the dismantling of French Indochina proved to have
long-lasting repercussions, however. The crumbling of the French
Empire in Southeast Asia would create the eventual states of the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the State of
Vietnam (the future Republic of Vietnam / South Vietnam), the
Kingdom of Cambodia, and the Kingdom of Laos. Diplomats from South
Korea, North Korea, the People's Republic Of China (PRC), the
Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and the United States
of America (US) dealt with the Korean side of the Conference. For
the Indochina side, the Accords were between France, the Viet
Minh, the USSR, the PRC, the US, the United Kingdom, and the
future states being made from French Indochina. The agreement
temporarily separated Vietnam into two zones, a northern zone to
be governed by the Viet Minh rebels, and a southern zone to be
governed by the State of Vietnam, then headed by former emperor
Bao Dai. A Conference Final Declaration, issued by the British
chairman of the conference, provided that a general election be
held by July 1956 to create a unified Vietnamese state. Despite
helping create the agreements, they were not directly signed onto
nor accepted by delegates of both the State of Vietnam and the
United States, decisions that were ultimately to result in the
Second Indochina War, otherwise known as the Vietnam War. In
addition, three separate ceasefire accords, covering Cambodia,
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July 21, 1961: Outer Space Firsts: Rocket
Launches: The History Of Rocketry: The History Of Spaceflight: The
Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Space Age: The Space
Race: Space Programs Of The United States: Human Spaceflight
Programs: Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4, Liberty Bell
7): -- Astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, piloting
Mercury capsule #11 named Liberty Bell 7, becomes the second
American to go into space (in a suborbital mission) launched atop
a Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle (MRLV) from Cape Canaveral
Launch Complex 5 (LC-5) at 12:20:36 UTC. The flight lasted 15
minutes 30 seconds, reached an altitude of more than 102.8
nautical miles (190.4 km), traveled 262.5 nautical miles (486.2
km) downrange, and landed in the Atlantic Ocean. The flight went
as expected until just after splashdown, when the hatch cover,
designed to release explosively in the event of an emergency,
accidentally blew. Grissom was at risk of drowning, but was
recovered safely. The capsule sank into the Atlantic and was not
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Today, July 21, 2026
July 21, 2011: Final Flights: The History
Of Rocketry: The History Of Spaceflight: The Aftermath Of World
War II: The Cold War: The Space Age: The Space Race: Space
Programs Of The United States: Human Spaceflight Programs: The
Space Shuttle Program (The Space Transportation System (STS)):
Space Shuttle Mission STS-135: -- NASA's Space Shuttle Program
ends on its 135th mission with the landing of Space Shuttle
Atlantis at 09:57 UTC at The Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), also
known as Launch and Landing Facility (LLF, located at NASA's
Kennedy Space Center. Its astronaut crew consisted of Commander
Christopher Ferguson, Pilot Douglas Hurley, Mission Specialist
Sandra Magnus and Mission Specialist Rex Walheim. It used the
orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335
contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8
July 2011, and landed on 21 July 2011, following a one-day mission
extension. The four-person crew was the smallest of any shuttle
mission since STS-6 in April 1983. The mission's primary cargo was
1) Raffaello, a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM), a large
pressurized container used on Space Shuttle missions to transfer
cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS), of which
there were three, all built by Italy: Raffaello, Leonardo and
Donatello (Donatello never went to space); and 1) a Lightweight
Multi-Purpose Carrier (LMC), which were delivered to the
International Space Station (ISS). The flight of Raffaello marked
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Today, July 21, 2026
July 21, 1948: #BOTD: #HBD! Garry
Trudeau, American cartoonist, best known for creating the
Doonesbury comic strip, is #born Garretson Beekman Trudeau in New
York City. Trudeau is also the creator and executive producer of
the Amazon Studios political comedy series Alpha House. He is well
known for satirizing people in the news. One of these was
Millicent Fenwick, who was the inspiration for Trudeau's
Doonesbury comic strip character Lacey Davenport, although Trudeau
insisted the character was modeled on no one in particular; Lacey
Davenport first appeared several months before Fenwick was first
elected to Congress, although Fenwick was already a long time
celebrity. According to biographer Amy Schapiro, "During
Fenwick's public service career she earned a reputation for
integrity and moral values. Her principled positions, including
her opposition to congressional raises and PAC money, prompted
Walter Cronkite to call her the 'conscience of Congress.' She
served as the basis of Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury character
Congresswoman Lacey Davenport." On Sale Until Midnight
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Today, July 21, 2026
July 21, 1945: #BOTD: #HBD! Rosie Hamlin,
American singer and songwriter who was the frontwoman of the group
Rosie And The Originals, best known for the 1960 song "Angel
Baby", which became a Top 40 hit in 1961 when Hamlin was only
15 years old (d. March 30, 2017) is #born Rosalie Mendez Hamlin in
Klamath Falls, Oregon to Mexican mother Ofelia Juana Mendez and
Harry Hamlin (not to be confused with the actor of the same name)
of Anglo-American ancestry. She married Originals guitarist Noah
Tafolla and they had two children (Joseph and Deborah) before they
divorced. Hamlin had a third child (John) several years later.
Hamlin continued to perform including at several revival concerts
until 2002, when she retired from live performances due to
advanced fibromyalgia. Hamlin's "Angel Baby" has been
covered by several artists, including John Lennon, who cited
Hamlin as one of his favorite singers. and Linda Ronstadt. She was
the first Latina to be honored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
as well as the first Latina to appear on Dick Clark's American
Bandstand in 1961. Hamlin died in her sleep of undisclosed causes
at her home in Belen, New Mexico, aged 71. Her burial details are
not publicly disclosed. Her family confirmed she had suffered
health problems in the course of her later life which prevented
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Today, July 21, 2026
July 21, 1864: #BOTD: #HBD: Frances
Cleveland, charity worker, socialite, education advocate, media
sensation and beauty, the youngest first lady of the United
States, first lady from 1886 to 1889, and again from 1893 to 1897
as the wife of President Grover Cleveland, and the only first lady
to have served in the role during two non-consecutive terms (d.
October 29, 1947) is #born Frances Clara Folsom in Buffalo, New
York, later christened Frank Clara Folsom. Her great popularity,
charm and beauty has often led to comparisons in recent years
between herself and late Diana, Princess Of Wales; in 2018, Comedy
Central broadcast an episode of Drunk History with the segment
"Frances Cleveland Becomes An 'It' Girl", meaning an
attractive young woman perceived to have both sex appeal and
personality, an expression originating in British upper-class
society around the turn of the 20th century and popularized in the
1927 film "It" starring 1920s sex symbol Clara Bow.
Frances Clara Cleveland Preston met Grover Cleveland while she was
an infant, as he was a friend of her father, Oscar Folsom. When
her father died in 1875, Grover became the executor of her
father's estate. He took care of Oscar's outstanding financial
debts and provided for the well-being of Frances and her mother
Emma. She was educated at Wells College, and after graduating, she
married Grover while he was the incumbent president. When her
husband lost reelection in 1888, they went into private life for
four years and began having children. They returned to the White
House when her husband was elected again in 1892, though much of
her time in the second term was dedicated to her children. The
Clevelands had five children, four of whom survived to adulthood;
their eldest child, Ruth, is reputed to be the inspiration for the
naming of the "Baby Ruth" candy bar. Cleveland involved
herself in education advocacy, serving on the Wells College board,
supporting women's education, and organizing the construction of
kindergartens. She was widowed in 1908, and she married Thomas J.
Preston Jr. in 1913. Cleveland-Preston continued to work in
education activism after leaving the White House, becoming
involved with Princeton University. During World War I, she was
active in the movement for American involvement and advocated
military preparedness. She died in her sleep at her son Richard's
home for his 50th birthday in Baltimore, Maryland, aged 83 . She
is buried in Princeton Cemetery next to President Cleveland, her
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Today, July 21, 2026
July 21: Take A Monkey To Lunch Day: -- A
day created to celebrate and bring awareness to monkeys and all
things simian. The holiday considers apes, tarsiers, lemurs, and
other non-human primates to bring light to the different types of
primates around the world. The holiday helps to spread useful
information about the issues that the animals endure as a species.
This awareness helps to eventually provide a more stable
environment for the animals and helps them lead better lives.
Environmental activists are very passionate about the holiday. It
is a favorite for many people because people love intelligent
primates. Take a Monkey to Lunch Day has been celebrated every
year on July 21 since 2000. It is a day that is used to celebrate
monkeys and other primates. The holiday is widely supported by
environmental activists, art institutions, and visual artists.
Some major supporters include the Louvre Museum, National
Geographic, Smithsonian Institution, Greenpeace, the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, London's National Portrait Gallery, and Jane
Goodall. Many zoos around the world celebrate the day by hosting
special Take a Monkey to Lunch Day events. The events usually
share more information about monkeys and the experiences they go
through. There are also performances by monkeys who can take
intelligence tests and there are also auctions of artwork that
were created by chimps. Some zoos offer special banana-themed food
options during the holiday. There are lots of interesting
activities that take place to honor the animals around the world.
The holiday is an opportunity for us to be mindful of the
realities that monkeys face. They are intelligent primates who
live alongside us, so it is important to provide them with as much
care and support as we can. Support for the holiday goes into
improving the lives of monkeys all around the world. They are able
to live in conducive environments and have access to the resources
that they need to survive. The holiday also ensures that they can
get access to medical help from vets whenever it is needed.
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Today, July 21, 2026July 21: No Pet Store Puppies Day: -- A
day to raise public awareness of puppy mills and their connections
to pet stores that sell puppies, kittens, and rabbits. The holiday
also encourages people to adopt their best friend from a local
shelter or rescue or to do their research and find a legitimate
breeder. We're reminding dog owners why pet stores aren't a good
place to get a new puppy. We believe that many of us are now aware
of the dangers of the puppy mill industry. It is prudent to remind
or educate others who may be unfamiliar with the pet shop
industry. Take a Monkey to Lunch Day has been celebrated every
year on July 21 since 2000. It is a day that is used to celebrate
monkeys and other primates. The holiday is widely supported by
environmental activists, art institutions, and visual artists.
Some major supporters include the Louvre Museum, National
Geographic, Smithsonian Institution, Greenpeace, the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, London's National Portrait Gallery, and Jane
Goodall. Many zoos around the world celebrate the day by hosting
special Take a Monkey to Lunch Day events. The events usually
share more information about monkeys and the experiences they go
through. There are also performances by monkeys who can take
intelligence tests and there are also auctions of artwork that
were created by chimps. Some zoos offer special banana-themed food
options during the holiday. There are lots of interesting
activities that take place to honor the animals around the world.
The holiday is an opportunity for us to be mindful of the
realities that monkeys face. They are intelligent primates who
live alongside us, so it is important to provide them with as much
care and support as we can. Support for the holiday goes into
improving the lives of monkeys all around the world. They are able
to live in conducive environments and have access to the resources
that they need to survive. The holiday also ensures that they can
get access to medical help from vets whenever it is needed.
========= July 21: National Craft For Your Local Shelters Day: --
Calling all crafters, DIYers, and anybody searching for a low-cost
method to help shelter dogs and cats on this day! The summer
months are often the busiest for animal shelters around the
country due to the combination of Kitten Season and owner
surrender appointments, which increases the number of animals in
our care. This fun holiday idea is simple - to make some homemade
pet toys and supplies and donate them to your local animal
shelter. This allows shelters to receive the materials they
require while also allowing individuals to contribute to
participate without having to spend a lot of money. Continue
reading to hear about some fantastic ideas and goods that you can
make and contribute to your local shelter right away. Animal
cruelty was originally identified as a problem in Britain in the
1820s. In response, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals (S.P.C.A.) was established in 1824. This animal welfare
organization worked to change people's opinions of how dogs were
treated. The S.P.C.A. arrived in the United States in 1866. It was
founded by a guy named Henry Burgh, who was criticized and
humiliated by many since most people were unconcerned about the
situation of dogs. But the idea didn't stop there, and the
S.P.C.A. continued to develop. The Women's S.P.C.A. of
Pennsylvania establishes the first animal shelter just three years
later, in 1869. Over 150 years later, the institution is still in
operation, functioning as Bucks County P.A's sole open-intake
shelter and providing adoption, training, and veterinary services.
Women's Animal Center launched one of the earliest humane
education programs in America not long after it was started.
Generations later, the emphasis remains on collaborating with kids
to create a more caring future for animals. This unique day was
established in 2012 as a means for people to give back to local
shelters without having to adopt or provide money. Shelters
require resources, and many of them may be made from objects found
in our houses. So, let's set aside a day to make some entertaining
shelter essentials. For those of us who are unable to devote the
full day, we may concentrate on one of these tasks at the end of
the day while watching late-night comedy television before bed.
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Today, July 21, 2026July 21: Invite An Alien To Live With You
Day: -- Celebrated annually to remember the four-year-long Pam
Dawber and Robin Williams show "Mork & Mindy." The
show is about an alien from the planet Ork named Mork, played by
Williams, on a mission to Earth to study human behavior. Mork
travels to 1970s Boulder, Colorado after his egg-shaped spacecraft
lands there. Here, he meets up with Mindy, played by Dawber, who
is a young journalism graduate who lets him live in her house. The
episodes revolve around Williams' hilarious portrayal of a
bumbling alien trying to get a handle on Earth culture along with
his frequent dispatches back to his home planet. "Mork &
Mindy" is an American television sitcom whose first episode
aired on A.B.C. on September 14, 1978. It was created as a
spin-off show following a highly successful episode of the comedy
show "Happy Days." Mork first appears in the season five
episode "My Favorite Orkan" of "Happy Days" in
February 1978 and is a take on the 1960s sitcom "My Favorite
Martian." This was around the time when "Star Wars"
had been released and the show wanted to feature a spaceman to
capitalize on the popularity of the film which was - and still is
- all the rage. Williams' character, Mork attempts to take Richie
Cunningham back to his home planet Ork as a specimen but is foiled
by Fonzie. In the first broadcast it turned out to be a dream of
Richie's, but when Mork proved so popular, the version was later
re-edited to show Mork performing a classic memory wipeout and
erasing the experience from everyone's minds. The character of
Mork was played by the then-unknown Williams who garnered praise
and attention for his portrayal of the alien. The now-iconic actor
immediately impressed producers and viewers with his undeniable
comedic ability. According to a popular anecdote, when Williams
was asked to take a seat at the audition, he sat on his head and
producer Garry Marshall cast him on the spot. Marshall later
commented that Williams was the only alien who auditioned.
Storylines are usually centered around Mork's attempts to
understand human behavior and American culture, while Mindy helps
him adjust to life on Earth.
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Today, July 21, 2026July 21: Liberation Day (Guam): -- July
21, 1944: World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The
Pacific Theater Of World War II): The Pacific Ocean Theater Of
World War II: The Mariana And Palau Islands Campaign: The Battles
Of Guam: The Battle Of Guam (1944) (The Second Battle Of Guam)
(July 21 - August 10, 1944): -- The U.S. Marines engage in an
amphibious landing on opposite sides of the Orote Penisula of the
southwest of Guam, beginning The Second Battle Of Guam (21 July -
10 August 1944), the American recapture of the Japanese-held
island of Guam. Guam was a U.S. territory in the Mariana Islands
captured by the Japanese from the U.S. in the 1941 First Battle of
Guam during the Pacific campaign of World War II. Guam, at 212
square miles (543 square kilometers), is the largest island of the
Marianas, with a length of 32 miles (52 km) and a width ranging
from 12 miles (19.31 km) to 4 miles (6.44 km) at different points
of the island. It had been a United States possession since its
capture from Spain in 1898 until it was captured by the Japanese
on 10 December 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was
not as heavily fortified as the other Mariana Islands such as
Saipan that had been Japanese possessions since the end of World
War I, but by 1944, Guam had a large Japanese garrison. The Allied
plan for the Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign invasion of the
Mariana Islands, Operation Forager, called for heavy preliminary
bombardment, first by carrier aircraft and planes based in the
Marshall Islands to the east, then once air superiority was
gained, close bombardment by battleships. Saipan, Tinian, and Guam
were chosen as targets due to their size, their suitability as a
base for supporting the next stage of operations toward the
Philippines, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands; the deep-water harbor
at Apra was suitable for the largest ships; and airfields for
Boeing B-29 Superfortresses could be built from which to bomb
Japan. The invasion of Saipan was scheduled for 15 June 1944, with
landings on Guam tentatively set for 18 June. The original
timetable was optimistic, however. A large Japanese carrier attack
and stubborn resistance by the unexpectedly large Japanese
garrison on Saipan led to the invasion of Guam being postponed for
a month. U.S. naval and air bombardments lasted from 11-13 June
1944, involving 216 carrier aircraft and land based B-24 bombers.
On the 12th and 13th of the month, 12 Japanese cargo ships and
several fishing vessels were sunk. On June 27, U.S. battleships
started shelling the island, joined by a U.S. carrier group on 4
July, and two more on 6 July, with the total loss of 16 U.S.
aircraft. Guam, ringed by reefs, cliffs, and heavy surf, presents
a formidable challenge for an attacker. Underwater demolition
teams reconnoitered the beaches and removed obstacles from 14-17
July. Despite the obstacles, on 21 July, the American forces
landed on both sides of the Orote Peninsula on the western side of
Guam, planning to secure Apra Harbor. The 3rd Marine Division
landed near Agana to the north of Orote at 08:29, and the 1st
Provisional Marine Brigade landed near Agat to the south. Japanese
artillery sank 20 U.S. LVTs and inflicted heavy casualties on the
landing troops, especially of the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade,
but by 09:00 men and tanks were ashore at both beaches. By
nightfall, the U.S. Marines and soldiers had established
beachheads about 6,600 feet (2,000 m) deep. Japanese
counterattacks were made throughout the first few days of the
battle, mostly at night, using infiltration tactics. Several times
the Japanese penetrated the American defenses and were driven back
with heavy losses of men and equipment. The U.S. Army's 77th
Infantry Division had a more difficult landing on 23-24 July.
Lacking amphibious vehicles, they had to wade ashore from the edge
of the reef where the landing craft dropped them off. The men
stationed in the two beachheads were pinned down by heavy Japanese
fire, making initial progress inland quite slow. Supply was very
difficult for the landing troops on Guam in the first days of the
battle. Landing ships could not come closer than the reef, several
hundred yards from the beach, and amphibious vehicles were scarce.
The 1st Provisional Brigade blocked off the Orote Peninsula on 25
July, and that same night Japanese Lt. General Takashina
counterattacked, coordinated with a similar attack against the 3rd
Division to the north. The next day, General Obata reported, "our
forces failed to achieve the desired objectives." Lieutenant
General Takeshi Takashina was killed on 28 July, and Lieutenant
General Hideyoshi Obata took over the command of the Japanese
defenders. On 28 July, the two beachheads were linked, and by 29
July, the Americans secured the peninsula. The Japanese
counterattacks against the American beachheads, as well as the
fierce fighting, had exhausted the Japanese. At the start of
August, they were running out of food and ammunition and had only
a handful of tanks left. Obata withdrew his troops from the south
of Guam, planning to make a stand in the mountainous central and
northern part of the island, "to engage in delaying action in
the jungle in northern Guam to hold the island as long as
possible". After ensuring no significant Japanese forces
operated in the southern portion of Guam, Marine Major General
Geiger started an offensive north with the 3rd Marine Division on
the left flank, and the 77th Infantry Division on the right,
liberating Agana on the same day. The Tiyan Airfield was captured
on 1 Aug. Rain and thick jungle made conditions difficult for the
Americans, but after an engagement with the main Japanese line of
defense around Mount Barrigada from 2-4 August, the Japanese line
collapsed. The 1st Provisional Brigade formed up on the left flank
of the 3rd Marine Division on 7 August because of the widening
front and continued casualties, in an effort to prevent the
Japanese from slipping through the American gaps. The Japanese had
another stronghold at Mount Santa Rosa, which was secured on 8
Aug. On 10 August, organized Japanese resistance ended, and Guam
was declared secure, but 7,500 Japanese soldiers were estimated to
be at large. The next day, Obata committed ritual suicide at his
headquarters on Mount Mataguac after he had sent a farewell
message to Japan. A few Japanese soldiers held out in the jungle
after the fighting on Guam. On 8 December 1945, three U.S. Marines
were ambushed and killed. On 24 January 1972, Japanese Army
Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi was discovered by hunters on the island. He
had lived alone in a cave for 28 years, near Talofofo Falls. Guam
was turned into a base for Allied operations after the battle.
Five large airfields were built by the Navy Seabees, and Army Air
Forces B-29 bombers flew from Northwest Field and North Field on
Guam to attack targets in the Western Pacific and on mainland
Japan. Liberation Day continues to be celebrated on Guam every
July 21.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Man In
Space Apollo Eleven 20th Anniversary Alan Shepard DVD, MP4, USB
Today, July 21, 2026July 21, 1998: #DOTD: #RIP: Alan Shepard,
American admiral, test pilot, naval aviator, businessman and
astronaut (b. November 18, 1923) #dies from complications of
chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Pebble Beach, California, aged 74.
Shepard's widow Louise had planned to cremate his remains and
scatter the ashes, but before she was able to do that, she herself
died from a heart attack on August 25, 1998, at 17:00, which,
coincidentally, was the same time of day at which he had always
phoned her when they were apart. They had been married for 53
years. Their family decided to cremate them both, and their ashes
were scattered, together, from a Navy helicopter, over Stillwater
Cove, in front of their Pebble Beach home. Rear Admiral Alan
Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator,
test pilot, and businessman. A graduate of the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Shepard saw action with the surface navy
during World War II. He became a naval aviator in 1946, and a test
pilot in 1950. He was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury
Seven astronauts in 1959, and in May 1961 he made the first manned
Project Mercury flight, MR-3, in a spacecraft he named Freedom 7.
His craft entered space, but did not achieve orbit. He became the
second person, and the first American, to travel into space, and
the first person to manually control the orientation of his
spacecraft. Shepard was designated as the commander of the first
manned Project Gemini mission, but was grounded in 1963 due to
Meniere's disease, an inner-ear ailment that caused episodes of
extreme dizziness and nausea. This was surgically corrected in
1969, and in 1971, Shepard commanded the Apollo 14 mission,
piloting the Apollo Lunar Module Antares to the most accurate
landing of the Apollo missions. At age 47, he became the fifth and
oldest person to walk on the Moon, and the only one of the Mercury
Seven astronauts to do so. During the mission, he hit two golf
balls on the lunar surface. He was Chief of the Astronaut Office
from November 1963 to July 1969 (the approximate period of his
grounding), and from June 1971 until his retirement from the
United States Navy and NASA on August 1, 1974. He was promoted to
rear admiral on August 25, 1971, the first astronaut to reach that
rank.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Television: A History Of Broadcast TV DVD MP4 Download USB Drive
Today, July 21, 2026July 21, 1982: #DOTD: #RIP: Dave
Garroway, American broadcast journalist, radio announcer, actor
and television personality, founding host and anchor of NBC's
Today news and talk morning television show from 1952 to 1961 (b.
July 13, 1913) #dies at his Swarthmore, Pennsylvania of a
self-inflicted shotgun wound, aged 69. No suicide note was found
and Garroway's nurse did not recall him being unusually depressed
in the final day of his life. Garroway's son Michael said that his
father had been experiencing from staph infection complications
contracted during a 1981 open heart operation, along with drug
rehabilitation for an amphetamine addiction, and that he had
"unfortunately succumbed to the traumatic effects of his
illness". In addition, he was extremely depressed at his
inability to resurrect a TV career, saying to friends and family
"I'm old hat, old news. Nobody wants old Dave anymore."
His family held a private graveside service for him in
Philadelphia on July 28. Garroway is buried in West Laurel Hill
Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Dave Garroway was born David
Cunningham Garroway in Schenectady, New York into a family of
Scottish desecent. His easygoing and relaxing style belied a
lifelong battle with depression. Garroway has been honored for his
contributions to radio and television with a star both on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame and the St. Louis Walk of Fame, the city
where he spent part of his teenaged years and early adulthood.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: A
Christmas Carol Fredric March Basil Rathbone DVD Video Download
Today, July 21, 2026July 21, 1967: #DOTD: #RIP: Basil
Rathbone MC (Military Cross), South African-born English-American
stage, film and television actor, South African American actor and
singer (b. June 13, 1892) #dies suddenly of a heart attack in New
York City at the age of 75. His body is interred in a crypt in the
Shrine Of Memories Mausoleum at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale,
New York. Born Philip St. John Basil Rathbone in Johannesburg,
South Africa to British parents, he rose to prominence in the
United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to
appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume dramas,
swashbucklers and, occasionally, horror films. Rathbone frequently
portrayed suave villains or morally ambiguous characters, such as
Mr. Murdstone in David Copperfield (1935) and Sir Guy of Gisbourne
in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). His most famous role was
that of Sherlock Holmes in fourteen Hollywood films made between
1939 and 1946 and in a radio series. His later career included
roles on Broadway, as well as self-ironic film and television
work. He received a Tony Award in 1948 as Best Actor in a Play. He
was also nominated for two Academy Awards and was honoured with
three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Rathbone was deeply
affected by the news his younger brother John, a captain in the
Dorsetshire Regiment, had been killed in action near Arras on June
4, 1918. In 2012, two letters Rathbone wrote to his family while
serving on the Western Front were published. One reveals the
anguish and anger he felt following the death of John: "I
want to tell him to mind his place. I think of his ridiculous
belief that everything would always be well, his ever-hopeful
smile, and I want to cuff him for a little fool. He had no
business to let it happen and it maddens me that I shall never be
able to tell him so, or change it or bring him back. I can't think
of him without being consumed with anger at him for being dead and
beyond anything I can do to him... 26 July 1918" Following
his brother's death, Rathbone appears to have become unconcerned
about the dangers of serving at the front. Author Richard Van
Emden in Famous 1914-18 speculates that his extreme bravery may
have been a form of guilt or need for vengeance. He persuaded his
superiors to allow him to scout enemy positions during daylight
rather than at night, as was the usual practice to minimise the
chance of detection. Rathbone wore a special camouflage suit that
resembled a tree with a wreath of freshly plucked foliage on his
head with burnt cork applied to his hands and face. As a result of
these highly dangerous daylight reconnaissance missions in
September 1918, he was awarded the Military Cross for "conspicuous
daring and resource on patrol".
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Hell
Below Robert Montgomery Walter Huston Jimmy Durante DVD MP4 USB
Today, July 21, 2026July 21, 1998: #DOTD: #RIP: Robert Young,
American film, television, and radio actor and singer, best known
for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father character, in
Father Knows Best (CBS, then NBC, then CBS again) and the
physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) (b. February
22, 1907) #dies of respiratory failure at his Westlake Village,
California, home, aged 91. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial
Park cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. Robert
Young was born Robert George Young in Chicago, Illinois, the son
of an Irish immigrant father, Thomas E. Young, and an American
mother, Margaret Fyfe. In 1978, Young produced a documentary that
"stressed the importance of motorcycle training for
teenagers." This film earned him the 1979 BAFTA Award for
Best Specialised Film. He has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame; the stars are in the categories of film (located at 6933
Hollywood Blvd.), television (6358 Hollywood Blvd.), and radio
(1660 Vine Street).
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Nat
King Cole Show 1956-1957 TV Series MP4 Video Download DVD Set
Today, July 21, 2026July 21, 2023: #DOTD: #RIP: Tony Bennett,
American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show
tunes, and jazz, a painter who created works under his birth name
Anthony Benedetto that are on permanent public display in several
institutions, founder of The Frank Sinatra School Of The Arts in
Astoria, Queens, New York City, and class act (b. August 3, 1926)
#dies at his home in New York City following a seven-year battle
with Alzheimer's disease, aged 96. His family said he kept singing
to the end, lastly "Because of You", Bennett's first
major hit, reaching number one on the Billboard charts and staying
there for 10 weeks in 1951. Bennett is interred alongside his
parents at Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York. In February 2021,
an article in AARP Magazine revealed that Bennett had been
diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2016, though he continued to
perform and record until the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. He
briefly resumed performing in 2021 for his farewell performances.
Bennett's twice-weekly singing practices are thought to have kept
his brain stimulated and spared him from symptoms such as
disorientation, depression, and a detachment from reality. His
neurologist told AARP that, prior to the pandemic, the singer's
touring schedule "kept him on his toes and also stimulated
his brain in a significant way". Bennett recorded tracks with
Lady Gaga from 2018 until early 2020 for their 2021 album Love for
Sale, despite at times being "lost and bewildered"
during recording sessions. In announcing Bennett's retirement in
August 2021, Danny Bennett stated that the Alzheimer's was mainly
affecting his father's short-term memory and that he would often
forget he had just performed after a concert; his long-term memory
remained intact and he could still fully remember all the lyrics
to his repertoire when performing. Tony Bennett was born Anthony
Dominick Benedetto at St. John's Hospital in Long Island City,
Queens, New York City into an Italian-American family, Bennett
began singing at an early age. He fought in the final stages of
World War II as a U.S. Army infantryman in the European Theater.
Afterward, he developed his singing technique, signed with
Columbia Records and had his first number-one popular song with
"Because of You" in 1951. Several top hits such as "Rags
to Riches" followed in the early 1950s. He then refined his
approach to encompass jazz singing. He reached an artistic peak in
the late 1950s with albums such as The Beat of My Heart and Basie
Swings, Bennett Sings. In 1962, Bennett recorded his signature
song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". His career and
his personal life experienced an extended downturn during the
height of the rock music era. Bennett staged a comeback in the
late 1980s and 1990s, putting out gold record albums again and
expanding his reach to the MTV Generation while keeping his
musical style intact. He remains a popular and critically praised
recording artist and concert performer in the 2010s. He has won 19
Grammy Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Award, presented
in 2001) and two Emmy Awards, and was named an NEA Jazz Master and
a Kennedy Center Honoree. Bennett has sold over 50 million records
worldwide.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Wonderama TV Kid Show Series Sonny Fox Bob McAllister DVD, MP4,
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Today, July 21, 2026July 21, 1998: #DOTD: #RIP: Bob
McAllister, American television personality, magician and
children's entertainer and a host of Wonderama (b. June 2, 1935)
#dies of lung cancer caused by heavy smoking in New York City at
the age of 63. He is buried in Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery in
Virginia Beach, Virginia. Born Robert C. McAllister in
Philadelphia, Pennysylvania, Bob McAllisterfirst made his name as
a ventriloquist on NBC on the Today Show in the 1950s, while still
in his teens. He appeared in 1953 on CBS on Ted Mack's Original
Amateur Hour and was able to get his first regular television job
hosting his own program on WTAR in Norfolk, Virginia. The "Bob
and Chauncey Show" paired McAllister with a wise-cracking
dummy ("Chauncey"). This led to his being hired on at
WJZ-TV Channel 13 in Baltimore, Maryland in 1963 on The Bob
McAllister Show, a half-hour program of comedy character and
puppet sketches, magic acts, pantomime, cartoons and sight gags
intended to revive the absurd visual surrealism of Ernie Kovacs'
television work. The Bob McAllister Show was a big success and led
to an offer from WNEW-TV Channel 5 in New York to host his own
program there, where it premiered on September 9, 1968. The New
York version of the show was not as successful as the Baltimore
broadcast, and time constraints and budget restrictions led to its
cancellation on Friday, September 5, 1969, after which it went
into reruns. McAllister was concurrently brought in as host of the
syndicated popular show Wonderama, produced by WNEW-TV, to replace
the departing Sonny Fox. McAllister's version of the show
premiered Sunday, August 13, 1967, and became Metromedia TV's most
popular children's series. It included material similar to that on
The Bob McAllister Show with the added attractions of game shows
that he selected children in the audience to participate in. These
included twisting the tops off cans to see whether snakes or a
bouquet of artificial flowers sprung out; the child who opened the
sole can with the bouquet won the grand prize. Bob gave each
snake-receiver a consolation prize - usually a toy or a board game
- for answering a trivia question correctly. The musical theme of
McAllister's Wonderama was an orchestral arrangement of the song
"I Ain't Down Yet" from Meredith Willson's Broadway
musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Audience children typically
waved their arms in a diagonal criss-cross fashion over their
heads to the beat of the music when it opened and closed each
show. McAllister also hosted reproduced Wonderama shows at various
locations, including the Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park
in Jackson Township, New Jersey, and the Harvard Club of New York.
He also found the time to host a few children's television
specials for WNEW-TV during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The
weekday afternoon version of Wonderama was not as successful as
the original Sunday afternoon/Sunday morning format and was
dropped on Friday, August 21, 1970, returning to its Sunday
morning schedule where it continued until Sunday morning, December
25, 1977. Characters McAllister played on Wonderama and The Bob
McAllister Show included: The Crazy Magician, whose attempts at
magic usually ended in disaster; Prof. Fingelheimer, a quirky
German-accented inventor who sang a nonsensical but catchy song
before showing off his latest contraption, a song that resembled
the Boodleheimer song by Stuart Hample, originally published in
The Silly Book in 1961; a janitor who furnished a can of "instant"
whatever and used it to facilitate chores; Mike Fury, a superhero
who boasted about his supernatural deeds of daring-do and created
"explosions" by taking a bite of his "Super Onion"
and exhaling forcefully, and he also taught children healthy
hygienic habits (tooth-brushing, washing, nose-blowing, etc.) by
setting a good example for them as "a Goody."; Zip Code,
a Beatnik folk singer; Thurman, a laid-back farm boy; Salamander
Dilly, a spoof on the surrealist painter Salvador Dali, an artist
who stroked a brush across a blank canvas, creating an image
through a "blue screen" technique, a superimposed video
special effect that gradually "wiped" the image onto the
canvas along with the path of the brush; and Seymore the Snake, a
puppet providing humorous commentary about the show's zany
goings-on. In 1973, McAllister hosted a TV special, Herbie Day at
Disneyland, which exhibited Herbie the Love Bug of Walt Disney
Pictures fame before an excited crowd at the Disneyland theme park
in Anaheim, California. This special was produced in conjunction
with the personified Volkswagen Beetle's latest feature film,
Herbie Rides Again. In 1975, Monty Hall, impressed by McAllister,
flew him out to Los Angeles to host a pilot for a new ABC game
show called Carnival. By all accounts, the pilot was well-done,
but it was never picked up as a series. He was forced to leave
Wonderama following the series' Christmas Day 1977 broadcast,
reputed to have been the result of his opposition to the violent
nature of some of the commercials shown during the show's
broadcast. In the fall of 1978, McAllister briefly returned to
children's television as the host/performer and interviewer of ABC
TV's Kids Are People Too, a show that took its name from the title
of McAllister's closing Wonderama theme. However, the show that he
was hired to emcee was aimed at teens, not children, and this led
to creative disputes with the producers and network executives. In
November 1978, Bob McAllister was fired from Kids Are People Too!
and he was replaced by Michael Young and later Randy Hamilton as
the program's host. McAllister would spend the remainder of the
1970s and 80s performing at corporate banquets and picnics and,
for a time, served as co-owner of a roller skating rink at THE
MALL in New Rochelle, New York. He tried a return to children's
television with an in-school educational program called Tuned In,
produced by WNET for PBS in the early 1980s. He played the
teacher, Mr. Graff, who involved his pupils in television
production. Bob received recognition in the magic field with
numerous awards, including the prestigious "Magician of the
Year" award from the Society of American Magicians.
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Today, July 21, 2026July 21, 2010: Pests: Agricultural Pests:
Cane Toads: -- The Australian Geographic publishes "Cane toad
found on WA coast: A stowaway cane toad makes it all the way to
Broome in Western Australia.". It warned: "WEST
AUSTRALIANS ARE URGED to keep a look-out for rogue cane toads
after one of the pests was found to have hitched a ride across the
border, ending up in Broome this week. A Broome resident
discovered the cane toad on Monday morning in a shed in a light
industrial area of the Kimberley town and alerted the Department
of Environment and Conservation (DEC). District Nature
Conservation co-ordinator Sharon Ferguson says it appears the
Queensland pest had been accidentally transported across the WA
and Northern Territory border. 'It's possible that the toad may
have hitched a ride by hiding in road freight, a caravan or
another vehicle,' Sharon says. 'There are vehicle checks in place
at the WA-NT border, but the toads are not always easily found as
they are very good at hiding in small spaces.' Crafty stowaways:
Professor Rick Shine from the University of Sydney agrees this is
a possibility. "It's true that toads are very adept at
stowing away, and I think it's inevitable that toads will be
turning up all over Australia," he says. 'The big challenge
is to find the populations and exterminate them before they can
breed,' Rick told Australian Geographic. 'They are very resilient
creatures; capable of surviving in areas I thought would be way
too dry - Longreach and Windorah in Central Queensland for
example.' Sharon says that people travelling across the WA border
need to be vigilant in checking vehicles and equipment to make
sure cane toads are not brought into the state. 'As cane toads
continue to advance further west into WA, the chances of cane
toads hitching lifts on vehicles or freight are likely to
increase,' she says. Cane toads are currently found about 35 km
west of the WA and NT border, and DEC said they are continuing to
work with community groups and local residents to slow the advance
of the invasive amphibians."
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Today, July 21, 2026July 21, 1938: #BOTD: #HBD! Les Aspin,
American captain, Democratic Party politician and economist who
served as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 1st
congressional district from 1971 to 1993 and as the 18th United
States Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton from 1993
to 1994 (d. May 21, 1995) is #born Leslie Aspin Jr. in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. In Congress, Aspin had a reputation as an intellectual
who took a middle-of-the-road position on controversial issues. He
supported the Reagan administration regarding the MX missile and
aid to the Nicaraguan Contras, but he opposed the B-2 bomber and
the Strategic Defense Initiative. He played a major role in
convincing the House to support the January 1991 resolution
supporting the use of force by President George H. W. Bush against
Iraq, after it invaded Kuwait. As Secretary of Defense, Aspin
faced complex social issues, such as the roles of homosexuals in
uniform, and of women in combat, as well as major decisions
regarding the use of military force in Somalia, Bosnia, and Haiti.
He proposed budget cuts and restructuring of forces as part of the
downsizing of the military after the end of the Cold War. The
deaths of U.S. soldiers in Somalia because of inadequate military
support led to his resignation. After leaving his position, Aspin
joined the faculty of Marquette University's international affairs
program in Washington and joined the board of directors of the
Washington-based think-tank the Henry L. Stimson Center. In March,
he became a member of the Commission on Roles and Missions, and in
May Clinton chose him to be chairman of the President's Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board. In March 1995, he began work as
chairman of the study group on the Roles and Capabilities of the
Intelligence Community (Aspin-Brown Commission). Les Aspin dies in
Washington, D.C. of the effects of a stroke suffered earlier in
May, complicated by a cardiac disorder. He is interred at
Brookfield's Wisconsin Memorial Park cemetery. Aspin had had
increasing difficulty during the last years of his life with a
congenital heart condition (asymmetric septal hypertrophy;
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy/obstructive cardiomyopathy). It
necessitated hospitalization during his tenure as Defense
Secretary, with placement of a pacemaker. Marquette University
named its Les Aspin Center For Government in his honor.
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Today, July 21, 2026July 21, 1975: #DOTD: #RIP: George Petty,
American pin-up artist (b. April 27, 1894) #dies in San Pedro,
California, aged 81. His burial details are not publicly
disclosed. George Petty was born George Brown Petty IV in
Abbeville, the seat of Vermilion Parish in south Louisiana.
Petty's pin-up art appeared primarily in Esquire and Fawcett
Publications's True but was also in calendars marketed by Esquire,
True and Ridgid Tool Company. Petty's Esquire gatefolds originated
and popularized the magazine device of centerfold spreads.
Reproductions of his work, known as "Petty Girls," were
widely rendered by military artists as nose art decorating
warplanes during the Second World War, including the Memphis
Belle. Two images of Petty Girls were used in the crowd on The
Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover. Robert
Cummings portrayed George Petty in the imaginary musical comedy
The Petty Girl (Columbia, 1950), directed by Henry Levin and
featuring the film debut of Tippi Hedren as one of the Petty
Girls.
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