07-21-2004, 10:56 AM
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July 21st
1865 ~ In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shot Dave Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.
1870 ~ Death of Josef Strauss, Composer.
1899 ~ Birthday of Ernest Hemingway, Author.
1920 ~ Birthday of Isaac Stern, Violinist.
1925 ~ High school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
1948 ~ Birthday of Garry Trudeau, Cartoonist.
1954 ~ The Geneva Conference partitioned Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
1967 ~ Death of Basil Rathbone, Actor.
1970 ~ After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt was completed.
2004 ~ In an interview broadcast in Australia, filmmaker Michael Moore described Australian Prime Minister John Howard as "someone with half a brain".
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