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From: Mary Minnich< >
Subject: [FOLKLORE-L] Today in History - July 21st
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 07:22:22 -0400


Today is Wednesday, July 21st, the 202nd day of 1999.
There are 163 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
One hundred years ago, on July 21st, 1899, author Ernest Hemingway was born
in Oak Park, Illinois; poet Hart Crane was born in Garrettsville, Ohio.

On this date:
In 1816, Paul Julius Reuter, founder of the British news agency bearing his
name, was born in Hesse, Germany.

In 1831, Belgium became independent as Leopold the First was proclaimed King
of the Belgians.

In 1861, the first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Virginia,
resulting in a Confederate victory.

In 1925, the so-called "Monkey Trial" ended in Dayton, Tennessee, with John
T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin's Theory of
Evolution. (The conviction was later overturned.)

In 1944, American forces landed on Guam during World War Two.

In 1949, the US Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.

In 1954, France surrendered North Vietnam to the Communists.

In 1961, Captain Virgil "Gus" Grissom became the second American to rocket
into a sub-orbital pattern around the Earth, flying aboard the "Liberty Bell
Seven."

In 1969, "Apollo Eleven" astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
blasted off from the moon aboard the lunar module.

In 1980, draft registration began in the United States for 19- and
20-year-old men.

Ten years ago: The State Department confirmed an ABC News report that Felix
S. Bloch, a veteran US diplomat, was being investigated as a possible Soviet
spy. (Bloch was never charged with espionage, but was fired from his job in
1990.)

Five years ago: Former Senate Republican leader Hugh Scott died in Falls
Church, Virginia, at age 93. Britain's Labor Party elected Tony Blair its
new leader, succeeding the late John Smith.

One year ago: President Clinton announced a crackdown on nursing homes that
were lax about quality and on states that do a poor job of regulating them.
The Pentagon said it found no evidence to support allegations in a CNN
report that US troops had used nerve gas during a 1970 operation in Laos
designed to hunt down American defectors. Astronaut Alan Shepard died in
Monterey, California, at age 74. Actor Robert Young died in Westlake
Village, California, at age 91.

Today's Birthdays:
Violinist Isaac Stern is 79.
Jazz musician-critic Billy Taylor is 78.
Singer Kay Starr is 77.
Actor-comedian Don Knotts is 75.
Movie director Norman Jewison is 73.
Actor Paul Burke is 73.
Attorney General Janet Reno is 61.
Actress Patricia Elliott is 57.
Actor David Downing is 56.
Actor Edward Herrmann is 56.
Actor Leigh Lawson is 54.
Actor Wendell Burton is 52.
Yusuf Islam (formerly singer Cat Stevens) is 51.
Actor Art Hindle is 51.
Comedian-actor Robin Williams is 47.
Comedian Jon Lovitz is 42.
Actor Lance Guest is 39.
Actor Matt Mulhern is 39.
Rock singer Emerson Hart (Tonic) is 30.
Country singer Paul Brandt is 27.
Actor Josh Hartnett ("The Faculty") is 21.

Thought for Today:

"All our words from loose using have lost their edge."

-- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961).

(Copyright 1999 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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