July 21 /\ Click on link below for entire blog with lots more information. /\ Historical Highlights for Today 1730 - States of Holland put death penalty on sodomy 1846 - Mormons found 1st English settlement in California (San Joaquin Valley) 1873 - Jesse James & James Younger gangs 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) 1897 - Tate Gallery opens in England 1904 - After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed 1925 - Monkey Trial ends - John Scopes found guilty of teaching Darwinism 1930 - US Veterans Administration forms 1969 - Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT) 1972 - Bloody Friday: 22 IRA-bombs explode in Belfast 1976 - 1st outbreak of Legionnaires Disease kills 29 in Phila 1989 - Greg LeMond (US) wins Tour de France in fastest time 2007 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the bestselling Harry Potter series is released. /\ Today Is Global Hug Your Kid Day Legal Drinking Age Day National Get Out of the Doghouse Day National Junk Food Day No Pet Store Puppies /\ Day Liberation Day (Guam-1944-from Japan) Independence Day (Belgium-1931 from Netherlands) /\ Birthday’s Today Kay Starr, singer (Rock & Roll Waltz, Club Oasis) is 91 Janet Reno, US attorney general is 76 Cat Stevens [Steven Demetre Georgiou; Yusaf Islam], rock vocalist is 66 Garry Trudeau, political cartoonist (Doonesbury) is 66 Robin Williams, actor and comedian (Mork & Mindy) is 63 Jon Lovitz, Tarzana California, actor (SNL, League of their Own, Critic) is 57 Josh Hartnett, actor is 36 Remembered for being born today Ernest Hemingway, author (for whom the bell tolled... , Nobel 1954), (1899-1961) Don Knotts, actor (Amdy Griffth Show, 3s Company) (1924-2006) Les Aspin, (Rep-D-Wisc, 1971-93) (1938-1995) Paul Wellstone, (Sen-D-Minnesota) (1944-2002) /\
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