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This Day in History – July 21st

By Paul Johnson
Comedian George Carlin speaks about his new book "When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?" at a book signing at Barnes and Noble October 18, 2004 in New York City.

July 21st is the 202nd day of the year. There are 163 days remaining until the end of the year

Today doubles as National Junk Food Day.

46 days left until Labor Day, 102 left until Halloween, 108 remain until Daylight Saving Time ends.

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  • 1873

    The first successful train robbery occurs in Adair, Iowa when Jesse James and the James-Younger Gain rob the train

  • 1899

    Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer and journalist, was born. He died in 1961.

  • 1925

    John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating Tennessee state law for teaching evolution

  • 1951

    Robin Williams was born. He died in 2014.

  • 1969

    Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin blasted of the Moon surface in the Apollo 11 Lunar Module and re-docked with the Moon-orbiting Apollo 11 Command Module in preparation for return to Earth – AND the Beatles started work on the John Lennon song ‘Come Together’ at Abbey Road studios in London.

  • 1972

    George Carlin was charged with disorderly conduct and profanity after he used the “Seven Dirty Words” during a show in Milwaukee. The U.S. Supreme Court later decided the original “Seven Dirty Words” that cannot appear during “Save Haven” hours on public airwaves.

  • 1973

    Jim Croce’s “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” became the #1 song in the U.S.A.

  • 1987

    Entertainment Tonight host Mary Hart insures her legs for $2 million AND

  • 1989

    Performing at a Club MTV tour stop in Bristol, Connecticut, Milli Vanilli’s tracks go awry. While trying to lip-synch their song “Girl You Know It’s True,” the line “girl you know it’s…” repeats over and over, the duo panic and scurry off stage. Later, it is revealed that they didn’t actually sing on their own album. Pretty fraudulent for an award-winning song.

  • 1989

    Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title

  • 1999

    Navy divers found the bodies of JFK Jr. and Carolyn Besette Kennedy after their plane crashed in the Atlantic Ocean near Martha’s Vineyard AND Country singer Charley Pride receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

  • 2007

    “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the final volume of the wizard series by J.K. Rowling, went on sale AND  doctors removed five small growths from President Bush’s colon after he temporarily transferred the powers of his office to Vice President Dick Cheney.

  • 2009

    Andrea McNulty first publicly claimed Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger sexually assaulted her while she was working at the Harrah’s Hotel & Casino. She said she was attacked in July 2008 after he asked her to come to his Vegas hotel room to fix his television – AND Brad Paisley performs at the White House, where he plays his new song, “Welcome to the Future,” which was inspired by the election of President Barack Obama.

  • 2011

    NASA ended the space shuttle program after 30 years

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