Andrews McMeel Almanac for July 21, 2024 – Andrews McMeel Almanac

Today is the 203rd day of 2024 and the 32nd day of summer.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1861, the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the Civil War, was fought in Virginia and ended in Confederate victory.

In 1925, Tennessee teacher John Scopes was convicted of violating a state law prohibiting the teaching of the theory of evolution.

In 1954, the French surrendered North Vietnam to communist forces.

In 2011, NASA’s space shuttle program came to an end when the shuttle Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), author; Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980), author/theorist; Isaac Stern (1920–2001), violinist; Don Knotts (1924–2006), actor/comedian; Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens (1948–), singer/songwriter; Garry Trudeau (1948–), cartoonist; Robin Williams (1951–2014), actor/comedian; Brandi Chastain (1968–), football player; Josh Hartnett (1978–), actor; CC Sabathia (1980–), baseball player; Juno Temple (1989–), actress.

TODAY’S FACT: Turkish adventurer Erden Eruc became the first to complete a single-handed circumnavigation of the world today in 2012, after covering 66,000 kilometers in 1,026 days by rowboat, kayak, bicycle, canoe and on foot.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1959, the Boston Red Sox (the last major league team to integrate) brought their first African-American player onto the field when Pumpsie Green came on in the eighth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “All my life I have looked at words as if I were seeing them for the first time.” — Ernest Hemingway

TODAY’S NUMBER: -128.6 – temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) at Vostok Station, Antarctica, on this day in 1983. It is the lowest temperature ever recorded at an inhabited location in world history.

TODAY’S MOON: Full Moon (July 21).