THE HISTORY OF JULY 21
WORLD EVENTS
Today is National Ice Cream Day and National Junk Food Day
1861 In the first major battle of the Civil War, the Confederates stopped an attack by the Union at Virginia – over 5,000 dead
1899 Writer Ernest Hemingway was born
1924 Comic actor Don Knotts was born – Barney Fife on “The Andy Griffith Show”
1925 The Scopes trial ended in Tennessee
1938 Janet Reno was born – 1st female Attorney General
1944 The Democrats nominated Harry Truman as Vice President
1944 American troops landed on Guam during WWII
1948 Musician Cat Stevens was born
1954 France North Vietnam
1961 “Gus” Grissom became the 2nd America
1976 “Legionnaire’s Disease” hit Philadelphia
1988 Michael Dukakis accepted the Democrat’s nomination for President
1998 Alan Shepard, 1st American in space, died at age 74
1998 Actor Robert Young died – best known for his roles in “Father Knows Best” and “Marcus Welby, MD”
1999 Navy divers found the bodies of JFK, Jr., his wife, and sister in law in the Atlantic Ocean several days after their plane crashed
2002 Worldcom filed for bankruptcy a month after admitting it had falsified $4 billion in profits
2006 Residents of Queens , New York
2007 The final Harry Potter book – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” went on sale
SPORTS HISTORY on JULY 21
2008 Tigers beat Royals 19-4, 3rd time this season they score 19 or more – 1st to do so since 1950 Red Sox
2006 Alex Rodriguez hits his 450th HR – youngest to do so
2001 Dodgers beat Colorado
1998 Braves Greg Maddux loses to the Cubs - 1st loss to his former team after beating them 7 times
1997 Curt Schilling of Philadelphia 15 in 8 innings, but loses to Pirates 3-2
1995 Red Sox beat Twins 13-5 – Mo Vaughn hits his 2nd grand slam of the season – Twins Pedro Munoz played first base for the first time and made 3 errors
1990 Orioles Ben McDonald makes his MLB debut and shuts out the White Sox 2-0 – 1st shutout in AL
1989 Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in of the 1st round
1975 NY Mets Felix Millan hits 4 singles – Joe Torre follows him and hits into 4 double plays
1973 Hank Aaron hits his 700th HR – ends with 755
1972 Hoyt Wilhelm is released by the Dodgers – his 1,070 appearances is the most by any pitcher to that point
1969 At an All-Star banquet, Babe Ruth is selected the All Time Greatest Player and Joe DiMaggio the Greatest Living Player
1967 Jimmie Foxx died at age 59 – hit 534 HRs in his career
1961 Angels and Senators tie MLB record by stranding 30 runners (15 apiece) in a 9 inning game
1956 Junior Gilliam makes 12 assists at 2nd base to tie MLB record set in 1891
1946 In a double header, Ted Williams gets 7 straight hits including the cycle in the 2nd game
#1 SONGS on JULY 21
1960 I’m Sorry – Brenda Lee
1961 Tossin’ and Turnin’ – Bobby Lewis
1962 Roses Are Red – Bobby Vinton
1965 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
1969 In the Year 2525 – Zager & Evans
1970 (They Long to Be) Close to You – The Carpenters
1971 Indian Reservation – Paul Revere & the Raiders
1972 Lean on Me – Bill Withers
1973 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce
1974 Annie’s Song – John Denver
1976 Kiss and Say Goodbye – The Manhattans
1977 Looks Like We Made It – Barry Manilow
1979 Bad Girls – Donna Summer
1980 It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me – Billy Joel
1981 The One That You Love – Air Supply
1982 Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
1983 Every Breathe You Take – The Police
1984 When Doves Cry – Prince
1985 Every Time You Go Away – Paul Young
1988 Hold On to the Night – Richard Marx
1991 (Everything I Do) I Do It for You – Bryan Adams
1992 Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-a-Lot
1994 I Swear – All-4-One
1995 Waterfalls - TLC
1999 Wild Wild West – Will Smith w/Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee
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