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What happened in history on this day: July 21?
On July 21 in ...
Births on July 21
- 1863 - Birth of C Aubrey Smith in London, England; actor (Prisoner of Zenda).
- 1901 - Birth of Allyn Joslyn in Milford, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society).
- 1924 - Birth of Don Knotts in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA; actor (Andy Griffth Show, Three's Company).
- 1926 - Birth of Norman Jewison; director (Moonstruck, ...And Justice For All).
- 1942 - Birth of Patricia Elliot in Gunnison, Colorado, USA; actress (Renee - Empire, One Life to Live).
- 1943 - Birth of David Downing in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Backstairs at the White House).
- 1943 - Birth of Edward Herrmann in Washington, DC, USA; actor (Day of the Dolphin, Reds).
- 1945 - Birth of Leigh Lawson in Atherston, England; actress (Fire and Sword, Charlie Boy).
- 1947 - Birth of Wendell Burton in San Antonio, Texas, USA; actor (Lucas - The New Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 1948 - Birth of Art Hindle in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; actor (Jeff - Dallas, Berrengers).
- 1952 - Birth of Robin Williams in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedian (Mork and Mindy, Awakenings, Genie - Aladdin).
- 1957 - Birth of Jon Lovitz in Tarzana, California, USA; comedian (Saturday Night Live).
- 1960 - Birth of Lance Guest in Saratoga, California, USA; actor (Lance - Lou Grant).
- 1962 - Birth of Ike Eisenmann in Houston, Texas, USA; actor (Scott - Fantastic Journey).
- 1964 - Birth of Susan Swift in Houston, Texas, USA; actress (Chisholms).
Deaths on July 21
- 1967 - Death of Basil Rathbone of a heart attack at age 75; actor (Sherlock Holmes in 12 films and hundreds of radio plays).
- 1982 - Death of Dave Garroway by suicide at age 69; broadcaster (Garroway at Large TV show, NBC Today Show).
- 1985 - Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at age 65.
- 1985 - Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller - Mr District Attorney) dies at age 69.
- 1986 - Virginia Hewitt, actress (Carol - Space Patrol), dies at age 60.
- 2005 - Death of Long John Baldry at age 64 of a chest infectionin hospital in Vancouver, BC, Canada; blues singer ("Let the Heartaches Begin" (1967)), voice actor (Dr. Robotnik - Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog TV show).
- 2017 - Death of John Heard at age 71 in Palo Alto, California; actor (Home Alone movie (1990), Beaches movie (1988), Cutter's Way movie (1981), Big movie (1988), The Sopranos TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Shonka Dukureh at age 44; gospel singer, actor (Big Mama Thornton - Elvis movie (2022)).
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