What are the important events that happened on July 21? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 21: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 21 is the 202^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 163 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 8, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,753,056,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadigon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 211 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,595 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 21 Historical Events

• 1774 –
  Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending the war.
• 1861 –
  American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run – at Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
• 1873 –
  At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
• 1914 –
  The Crown council of Romania decides the country shall remain neutral in World War I
• 1919 –
  The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Battle of Guam – American troops land on Guam starting the battle. It would end on August 10.
• 1954 –
  First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
• 1973 –
  In the Lillehammer affair in Norway, Israeli Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre.
• 1983 –
  The world’s lowest temperature is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at -89.2 °C.
• 2005 –
  Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target London’s public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers are captured and later convicted and imprisoned for long terms.

Who were born on July 21?

• 1898 –
  Sara Carter, Carter Family vocalist/guitarist (d. 1979)
• 1903 –
  Roy Neuberger, American financier (d. 2010)
• 1945 –
  Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (d. 2008)
• 1947 –
  Chetan Chauhan, Former Indian cricketer
• 1950 –
  Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer
• 1960 –
  Fritz Walter, German footballer
• 1971 –
  Marcus Eoin, Scottish musician (Boards of Canada)
• 1977 –
  Paul Casey, English golfer
• 1983 –
  Eivør Pálsdóttir, Faroese singer
• 1989 –
  Chris Gunter, Welsh footballer

Who died on July 21?

• 1403 –
  Henry Percy, English nobleman and soldier (b. 1364)
• 1941 –
  Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet (b. 1872)
• 1970 –
  Bob Kalsu, American football player (b. 1945)
• 1982 –
  Dave Garroway, American television host (b. 1913)
• 1998 –
  Alan Shepard, American astronaut (b. 1923)
• 1998 –
  Robert Young, American actor (b. 1907)
• 2003 –
  John Davies, New Zealander athlete (b. 1938)
• 2004 –
  Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1918)
• 2005 –
  Michael Chapman, British classical bassoonist (b. 1934)
• 2007 –
  Dubravko Škiljan, Croatian linguist known for his work on Classical philology and semiotics (b. 1949)