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July 21, 2014
Today
- 1588 - The English fleet first engaged the Spanish Armada.
- 1846 - Mormons founded the first English-language settlement in California in San Joaquin Valley.
- 1898 - Spain ceded Guam to USA.
- 1899 - Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park Illinois.
- 1925 - John Scopes found guilty of teaching Darwinism.
- 1930 - US Veterans Administration formed.
- 1948 - Cat Stevens and Garry Trudeau were born.
- 1951 - Robin Williams was born in Chicago.
- 1949 - Senate ratified North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13.
- 1952 - 7.8 earthquake in Kern County California, 14 killed.
- 1959 - Boston Red Sox become the last major league team to acquire a black player.
- 1976 - First outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease" killed 29 in Philadelphia.
- 1989 - Greg LeMond won the Tour de France.
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