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Today in History: Thursday, July\u00a0 21, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn July 21, 1925, the Scopes “monkey trial” ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. (The conviction was later overturned.)
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1831<\/td>\nBelgium became independent as Leopold I was proclaimed King of the Belgians.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1861<\/td>\nThe first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Va., during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1899<\/td>\nAuthor Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Ill.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1944<\/td>\nThe Democratic National Convention in Chicago nominated Sen. Harry S. Truman to be vice president.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1949<\/td>\nThe U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1954<\/td>\nFrance surrendered North Vietnam to the Communists.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1961<\/td>\nCapt. Virgil “Gus” Grissom became the second American to rocket into a sub-orbital pattern around the Earth, flying on the Liberty Bell 7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nApollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin blasted off from the moon aboard the lunar module.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nMassachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Atlanta.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nAstronaut Alan Shepard died at age 74.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nTelecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection after disclosing it had inflated profits by nearly $4 billion through deceptive accounting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\n“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the final volume in the book series by J.K. Rowling, went on sale.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2008<\/td>\nFormer Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, one of the world’s top war crimes fugitives, was arrested in a Belgrade suburb by Serbian security forces.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nPresident Barack Obama signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. lending and high finance rules since the 1930s.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nThe space shuttle program came to an end after 30 years as Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, Fla..<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., turns 75 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Kay Starr<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norman Jewison<\/td>\nDirector (“Moonstruck”)<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janet Reno<\/td>\nFormer attorney general<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Negroponte<\/td>\nFormer national intelligence director<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)<\/td>\nSinger, songwriter<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garry Trudeau<\/td>\nCartoonist (“Doonesbury”)<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Eric Bazilian<\/td>\nRock musician (The Hooters)<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jon Lovitz<\/td>\nActor, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”)<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brandi Chastain<\/td>\nSoccer player<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sprague Grayden<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Josh Hartnett<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blake Lewis<\/td>\nSinger (“American Idol”)<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kellen Winslow<\/td>\nFootball player<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vanessa Lengies<\/td>\nActress (“American Dreams”)<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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New York Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia turns 36 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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