Today in History for 21st July 2024

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Historical Events

1669 - John Locke's Constitution of English colony Carolina is approved
1730 - States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy"
1897 - Tate Gallery opens in England
1991 - Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck, Jr are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
2013 - 15 Egyptian Army soldiers are killed after their bus crashes into a truck on the Mediterranean Coast Highway
2020 - European Union agrees huge €750 billion ($859 billion) post-COVID-19 stimulus bill

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Famous Birthdays

1899 - Hart Crane, American poet (The Bridge), born in Garrettsville, Ohio (d. 1932)
1920 - Constant [Nieuwenhuys], Dutch painter (Uprising of Homo Ludens), and sculptor, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2005)
1934 - Edolphus Towns, American politician (Rep-D-New York, 1983-2013), born in Chadbourn, North Carolina
1945 - Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress known as Fei-fei, born in Shanghai, China (d. 2008)
1948 - Cat Stevens [Steven Demetre Georgiou; Yusuf Islam], British singer-songwriter ("Peace Train"; "Moonshadow"), born in Marylebone, London, England
1962 - Ike Eisenmann, American actor (Scott-Fantastic Journey), born in Houston, Texas

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Famous Deaths

1160 - Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies
1403 - Henry Percy [Harry Hotspur], English Knight, killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury at 39
1938 - Owen Wister, American author, 'father of the Western' (The Virginian), dies at 78
2003 - John Davies, New Zealand sports executive (President NZOC 2000-03) and athlete (Olympic bronze 1500m 1964), dies of melanoma at 65
2003 - Walter M. "Matt" Jefferies, American film art director (b. 1921)
2022 - Paddy Hopkirk, Irish rally driver (Monte Carlo Rally 1964), dies at 89

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