What Happened on Jul 21

Crete Earthquake of 365 AD

The 365 AD Crete earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at about sunrise on 21 July 365 AD in the Eastern Mediterranean, with an... Read more

Battle Of Colson's Mill

The Battle of Colson's Mill was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place in North Carolina on July 21, 1780. A Patriot militia... Read more

Assembly of Vizille

The Assembly of Vizille was the result of a meeting of various representatives in Grenoble, which took place on June 7th 1788. Its purpose was to... Read more

Battle of the Pyramids

The Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh, was a battle fought on July 21, 1798 between the French army in Egypt under... Read more

First Battle of Bull Run

The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces and still often used in the Southern... Read more

Jesse James And His Gang Turn To Train Robbery

On July 21, 1873, they turned to train robbery, derailing the Rock Island train in Adair, Iowa and stealing approximately $3,000 ($51,000 in 2007).... Read more

Ernest Hemingway Is Born

Ernest Hemingway, born in Oak Park, Illinois, started his career as a writer in a newspaper office in Kansas City at the age of seventeen. After... Read more

John Scopes Found Guilty for Teaching Evolution

John Scopes was an activist and a teacher. In what was called the “Scopes Monkey Trial”, John was charged on May 5th, 1925 of teaching evolution in... Read more

Second Battle of Guam

The Second Battle of Guam (July 21 — August 8, 1944) was the American capture of the Japanese held island of Guam (in the Mariana Islands) during... Read more

Senate Approves the North Atlantic Treaty

President Truman sent the North Atlantic Treaty to the Senate for consideration on April 12, 1949. During lengthy hearings before the Senate... Read more

"The Quiet Man" Is Released

The Quiet Man is a 1952 American romantic drama film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen and Barry... Read more

Man Walks on Moon

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" was the first crewed vehicle to land on the Moon. It carried two astronauts, Commander Neil A. Armstrong... Read more

Damian Marley is Born

Damian Robert Nesta "Junior Gong" Marley (born July 21, 1978), is a reggae artist, a humanitarian, and the youngest son of the late reggae legend... Read more

Coldest Temperature on Earth is Recorded

The lowest temperature ever recorded at the surface of the Earth was −89.2 °C (−129 °F; 184 K) at the Russian Vostok Station in Antarctica July 21,... Read more

Guns N' Roses release Appetite for Destruction

Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released in July 1987 on Geffen Records. It was... Read more

UHF released

UHF is a 1989 American comedy film starring "Weird Al" Yankovic, David Bowe, Fran Drescher, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards,... Read more

Joe Satriani Releases "The Extremist"

The Extremist is an instrumental rock album released by Joe Satriani in 1992 and re-released in 1997 with his entire Epic Records catalog. The... Read more

"Living In Oblivion" Is Released

Living in Oblivion is a darkly comic, low-budget independent film depicting the making of a low-budget independent film, written and directed by... Read more

Nintendo's Virtual Boy Arrives in Japanese Retail

Nintendo's Virtual Boy (バーチャルボーイ, Bācharu Bōi (also known as the VR-32 during development) was the first portable game console capable of... Read more

Wayne Gretzky Signs with the New York Rangers

Gretzky rejected a three-year deal worth $15 million with the Blues, and on July 22, he signed with the New York Rangers as a free agent, rejoining... Read more

Anthrax releases Volume 8: The Threat Is Real

Volume 8: The Threat is Real! is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Anthrax. The album was released in July 1998 by Ignition... Read more

Jay-Z releases "It's Alright" single

"It's Alright" is a 1998 single by rappers Jay-Z and Memphis Bleek. It was released on the Streets Is Watching soundtrack for the film of the same... Read more

South Park Episode 308 - "Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub"

Stan's parents bring him to Mr. Mackey's party, but he gets sent down to the basement to be with the lame kids. Kyle and Stan's fathers experiment... Read more

No Direction Home is Released

No Direction Home is a documentary film by Martin Scorsese that traces the life of Bob Dylan, and his impact on 20th century American popular music... Read more

The first Gigantour is held

Since the formation of Megadeth in 1983, they have toured with some of the biggest names in metal — from Iron Maiden to Anthrax — and are in fact... Read more