356 BC Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World
365 Crete Earthquake followed by tsunami around the Eastern Mediterranean allegedly destroys Alexandria
1861 First Battle of Bull Run [Battle of First Manassas], 1st major battle of the US Civil War is fought near Manassas, Virginia, Confederate victory
1904 After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed
1925 John T. Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial” in Dayton, Tennessee, fined $100 and costs
1954 Geneva Accords for Indochina signed, dividing French colonial territories into the countries of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the State of Vietnam (South Vietnam), Cambodia, and Laos
1970 Aswan High Dam opens in Egypt, enables human control of the flooding of the Nile
Jul 21 in Film & TV
1943 “Stormy Weather”, directed by Andrew L. Stone, starring Bill Robinson, Lena Horne and Fats Waller (singing “Ain’t Misbehavin'”) premieres in the US
1996 “The Daily Show” hosted by Craig Kilborn premieres on Comedy Central in the US
Jul 21 in Sport
2002 With a record 6 races remaining, German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher clinches his 5th F1 World Drivers Championship with victory in the French Grand Prix at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours; 3rd straight title win
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In market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.
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World’s lowest-ever natural temperature recorded −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F; 184.0 K) at Soviet Vostok Station, Antarctica
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