July 21
People born on this day are Cancer.
- 1977
The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
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Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
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Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 for repatriation to Fujian, causing 25 people to die from suffocation.
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At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
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Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first President of Nepal.
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U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
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NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
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Yuen Long attack or "721 incident" in Hong Kong. Triad members indiscriminately beat civilians returning from protests while police failed to take action.
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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.
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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.
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A Bangladesh Air Force Chengdu FT-7BGI crashes shortly after takeoff into Milestone School campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 35 people and injuring 173.
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2006Endrick, Brazilian footballer
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2005Bub Carrington, American basketball player
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2000Erling Haaland, Norwegian footballer
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2000Lia, South Korean singer
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1999Evan McPherson, American football player
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1998Maggie Lindemann, American singer-songwriter.
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1998Marie Bouzkova, Czech tennis player
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1992Jessica Barden, English actress
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1992Julia Beljajeva, Estonian épée fencer
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1992Giovanni De Gennaro, Italian slalom canoeist
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1992Charlotte de Witte, Belgian DJ and record producer
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1992Dawid Dryja, Polish volleyball player
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