Historical Events - July 21
356 BC: The Temple of Ephesus Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was destroyed.
1883: Star Theater, India’s first public theater hall opened in Kolkata.
1884: First cricket Test match played at Lord’s ground in England.
1944: Klaus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators were executed for plotting to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
1983: Vostok Station in Antarctica recorded the lowest temperature on Earth at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
1977: Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy became the sixth President of India.
1988: Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) was launched.
2018: India scraps tax on sanitary products after a campaign by activists.
Famous Birthdays – July 21
1891: Jairamdas Daulatram, an Indian independence movement.
1899: Ernest Hemingway, an American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and sportsman.
1911: Umashankar Joshi, an Indian poet.
1930: Anand Bakshi, an Indian poet, and lyricist.
1934: Chandu Borde, a former cricketer.
1947: Chetan Chauhan, an Indian cricketer.
1960: Amar Singh Chamkila, a popular Punjabi singer, songwriter, musician, and composer.
Death anniversaries - July 21
1906: Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, the co-founder and first president of the Indian National Congress.
1995: Sajjad Hussain, an Indian film score composer.
1998: Alan Shepard, the first American to travel into space.
2001: K. V. Mahadevan, an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician.
2001: Sivaji Ganesan, an Indian actor, and producer.
2009: Gangubai Hangal, an Indian singer.
2013: Lourembam Brojeshori Devi, an Indian judoka.
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