41st year - Nr 202 Tuesday, 21 July 2026

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41st year - Nr 202 Tuesday, 21 July 2026

21 July / Today's 25 Events:

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(+) 612 years ago Thursday 21st of July 1414 212th Pope Sixtus IV, originally Francesco della Rovere known for building the Sistine Chapel is born in Celle Ligure, Liguria, Italy.

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(+) 210 years ago His Birth Wasn't World News Sunday 21st of July 1816 Journalist, entrepreneur and pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting Paul Julius Freiherr von Reuter, originally Israel Beer Josafat is born in Kassel, Hessen, Germany.

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(x) 195 years ago Thursday 21st of July 1831 41-year-old 1st King of Belgium Leopold I, originally Leopold George Christian Frederick of Saksen-Coburg-Saalfeld is inaugurated as first King of the Belgians in Koningsplein, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

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(+) 181 years ago Monday 21st of July 1845 Cousin and first wife of Jesse James Zerelda Amanda Mimms is born in Logan, Kentucky, United States.

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(x) 153 years ago Monday 21st of July 1873 26-year-old Outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber and murderer Jesse Woodson James performs the first train robbery by derailing the Rock Island train in Adair, Iowa, United States. James managed to steal approximately $ 3,000.

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(+) 128 years ago Thursday 21st of July 1898 Writer Ernest Miller Hemingway is born in Oak Park, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 122 years ago Thursday 21st of July 1904 35-year-old Serial killer Henri Désiré Landru aka Le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais is sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for fraud in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 115 years ago His Birth Was the Message Friday 21st of July 1911 Philosopher Marshall Herbert McLuhan known for “the medium is the message” is born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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(+) 104 years ago Friday 21st of July 1922 Actress Mollie Isobel Mary Sugden known for her role of Mrs. Slocombe in “Are You Being Served?” is born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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(x) 98 years ago Saturday 21st of July 1928 58-year-old Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal Albert Hamilton Howard Fish aka The Cannibal aka The Werewolf of Wysteria aka The Moon Maniac is arrested for grand larceny in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(x) 97 years ago Sunday 21st of July 1929 Maria Maas is attacked by serial killer Peter Kürten aka The Vampire of Düsseldorf in Pariser Straße, Heerdt, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Maas fought back and escaped.

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(-) 82 years ago He Was Lit by the Headlights of a Truck Friday 21st of July 1944 Would-be assassin of Adolf Hitler Claus Philipp Maria Schenk von Stauffenberg is executed by the firing squad at the age of 37 in Bendlerblock, Tiergarten, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Apart from von Stauffenberg, his aide 1st Lieutenant Werner von Haeften, General Friedrich Olbricht and Colonel Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim were also executed in the courtyard of the Bendlerblock, which was lit by the headlights of a truck.

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(-) 78 years ago Wednesday 21st of July 1948 Painter Arshile Gorky, originally Vostanik Manuk Adoian commits suicide by hanging at the age of 44 in Sherman, Connecticut, United States. Gorky had undergone a cancer operation and was involved in a car crash in which he broke his neck. His wife left him and several of his works of art were destroyed in a studio fire.

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(-) 55 years ago Wednesday 21st of July 1971 Photographer Lee Elizabeth Miller aka Lady Penrose dies of cancer at the age of 64 in Farley Farm House, Chiddingly, East Sussex, United Kingdom.

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(x) 54 years ago Friday 21st of July 1972 11 Die and over 130 are wounded in 26 simultaneous bomb-attacks by the the Irish Republican Army in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. At least twenty bombs exploded in the space of eighty minutes, most within a half hour period. The event was remembered as 'Bloody Friday'.

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(-) 54 years ago Friday 21st of July 1972 Cop killer Misao Katagiri is executed by hanging at the age of 25 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.

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(-) 53 years ago Saturday 21st of July 1973 Murderer Albert Brust commits suicide by cyanide poisoning at the age of 44 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. In Brust's house the police found a wide variety of pornography and torture-devices as well as the walled-in body of 16-year-old Mark Matson.

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(x) 50 years ago Wednesday 21st of July 1976 36-year-old Double murderer Gary Mark Gilmore aka The Executioner’s Song is arrested in Provo, Utah, United States. Gilmore's cousin Brenda turned him in to police shortly after he phoned her asking for bandages and painkillers for the injury to his hand. The day before, while disposing of the .22 caliber pistol he used in his murders, Gilmore accidentally shot himself in his right hand.

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(-) 47 years ago Saturday 21st of July 1979 Eddy Edward Hope Smith is killed by serial killer Wayne Williams aka The Atlanta Child Murderer in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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(-) 40 years ago Monday 21st of July 1986 William Downs is sexually assaulted and strangled by serial killer Kenneth Erskine aka The Stockwell Strangler in Overton Road Estate, Stockwell, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 30 years ago Sunday 21st of July 1996 Martine Bohn is abducted by unidentified serial killer Le Dépeceur de Mons aka The Trash Bag Killer in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. Bohn's breastless torso was found a couple of days later in the river La Hayne, her legs and arms in March 1997.

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(-) 27 years ago Wednesday 21st of July 1999 Mass murderer Zhao Lianrong is executed by a shot in the back of the head at the age of 36 in Beijing, Hebei, China.

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23 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 21st of July 2003 Two men waiting for a burst of tropical rain to stop in Empire Hotel, Jalan Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

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(x) 22 years ago Wednesday 21st of July 2004 Noise music band Club Moral play their 103rd concert in Freaks end Future, Prinsstraat, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 3 years ago Friday 21st of July 2023 Murderer James Barber is executed by lethal injection at the age of 64 in Holman Correctional Facility, Ross Road, Atmore, Alabama, United States. Barber's final meal request was for a western omelet, loaded hash browns, spicy sausage and toast and other breakfast fixings.

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