Today in History
21 July
233 births · 91 deaths · 59 events recorded
Notable Births
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Endrick (footballer, born 2006)
b. 2006
Brazilian footballer (born 2006)
Erling Haaland
b. 2000
Norwegian footballer (born 2000)
Lia (South Korean singer)
b. 2000
South Korean singer (born 2000)
Evan McPherson
b. 1999
American football player (born 1999)
Maggie Lindemann
b. 1998
American singer-songwriter (born 1998)
Marie Bouzková
b. 1998
Czech tennis player (born 1998)
Jessica Barden
b. 1992
English actress (born 1992)
Tamika Catchings
b. 1979
American basketball player (born 1979)
Notable Deaths
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Pau Alsina
d. 2025
Spanish motorcycle racer (2008–2025)
Tony Bennett
d. 2023
American singer (1926–2023)
Annie Ross
d. 2020
British-American jazz singer and actress (1930–2020)
Alene Duerk
d. 2018
United States Navy admiral (1920–2018)
John Heard (actor)
d. 2017
American actor (1946–2017)
Dennis Green
d. 2016
American gridiron football player, coach (1949–2016)
Robert Broberg
d. 2015
Musical artist
E. L. Doctorow
d. 2015
American novelist and editor (1931–2015)
On This Day in History
All 59 ›
2025
A Bangladesh Air Force Chengdu FT-7BGI crashes shortly after takeoff into Milestone School campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 35 people and injuring 173.
Bangladesh Air Force
2024
U.S. President Joe Biden announces he will no longer seek a second term and withdraws from the 2024 election, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as she launches her own presidential campaign.
Joe Biden
2023
The Barbenheimer phenomenon begins as two major motion pictures, Greta Gerwig's fantasy comedy Barbie and Christopher Nolan's epic biographical thriller Oppenheimer, are released in theaters on the same day and audiences, instead of creating a rivalry between the extremely dissimilar films, instead attend and praise both as an informal, surreal double feature.
Barbenheimer
2019
Yuen Long attack or "721 incident" in Hong Kong. Triad members indiscriminately beat civilians returning from protests while police failed to take action.
2019 Yuen Long attack
2012
Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
Erden Eruç
2011
NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
NASA
2010
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Barack Obama
2008
Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first President of Nepal.
Ram Baran Yadav