Anniversaries 21 July

Birth

Matthew Prior23

British diplomat, poet 1664–1721

Friedrich von Waldersee2

Prussian general (1795-1864) 1795–1864

David Hunter4

Union Army general 1802–1886

Lovis Corinth3

German painter 1858–1925

Arthur Mee4

British journalist and writer 1875–1943

Hart Crane7

American writer 1899–1932

Ernest Hemingway501

American author and journalist 1899–1961

Joseph Kesselring1

American writer and playwright 1902–1967

John H. Manley1

American physicist, group leader during the Manhattan Proje… 1907–1990

A. D. Hope2

Australian poet and essayist 1907–2000

Marshall McLuhan416

Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor … 1911–1980

Wilfred Cantwell Smith1

Canadian academic 1916–2000

Henry Mazer1

American conductor 1918–2002

Alfred Lansing1

American journalist 1921–1975

Norman L. Geisler1

American evangelical theologian 1932–2019

Jonathan Miller9

British theatre director (born 1934) 1934–2019

Herman E. Daly17

American economist 1938

Guy N. Smith2

British writer 1939–2020

Jim Clyburn6

American politician 1940

Tess Gallagher2

American writer 1943

Buchi Emecheta11

author 1944–2017

Paul Wellstone2

American politician 1944–2002

John H. Freeman2

(1944-2008) US-American sociologist and organizational theo… 1944–2008

Wendy Cope3

British writer 1945

W. Brian Arthur16

American economist 1946

Cat Stevens91

British singer-songwriter 1948

Garry Trudeau2

cartoonist 1948

Robin Williams52

American actor and stand-up comedian 1951–2014

Jane Rogers6

English Novelist, Editor, Scriptwriter, Lecturer, and teach… 1952

Michael Connelly15

Novelist, journalist 1956

Robert W. Bly9

American writer 1957

Neo Masisi5

first lady of Botswana 1962

Mokgweetsi Masisi3

President of Botswana 1962

Greg Behrendt59

American comedian 1963

Steve Collins2

Irish boxer 1964

Sarah Waters20

novelist 1966

Bruce Gilley3

researcher 1966

Mick Mulvaney3

Director of the Office of Management and Budget 1967

Gergely Kovács1

archbishop of Alba Iulia 1968

Josh Hartnett1

actor and producer 1978

Lee Camp2

American comedian, writer, and activist 1980

Blake Lewis7

American musician 1981

Death

Robert Burns114

Scottish poet and lyricist 1759–1796

Henri Alexis Brialmont2

Belgian military engineer and writer (1821-1903) 1821–1903

Robert G. Ingersoll439

Union United States Army officer 1833–1899

Henry Codman Potter2

Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York 1835–1908

Ellen Terry2

English actress 1847–1928

John Cotton Dana2

American librarian and museum director 1856–1929

Owen Wister5

American writer 1860–1938

Ahmed Djemal5

Ottoman general 1872–1922

George Macaulay Trevelyan10

Historian 1876–1962

Basil Rathbone2

British actor 1892–1967

Albert Lutuli14

South African politician 1898–1967

Jean Fautrier1

French painter 1898–1964

Henning von Tresckow11

German general 1901–1944

Arshile Gorky32

Armenian-American painter 1904–1948

David Ogilvy12

Advertising executive 1911–1999

Paul K. Benedict2

American anthropologist, mental health professional, and li… 1912–1997

Oswald Wynd1

Scottish writer 1913–1998

Gangubai Hangal18

Indian singer 1913–2009

Alan Shepard24

American astronaut 1923–1998

Don Arden1

English producer 1926–2007

Neal A. Maxwell40

Mormon leader 1926–2004

Jerry Goldsmith7

film composer 1929–2004

E.L. Doctorow25

novelist, editor, professor 1931–2015

Don Soderquist54

1934–2016

Alexander Cockburn7

Leftist journalist and writer 1941–2012