CoM Moderators Posted July 21 Posted July 21 Historical Events 1941 - 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine 1952 - "The Quiet Man" film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara is released in the UK 1964 - Race riots in Singapore between Chinese and Malay groups, 23 killed, 454 injured 1973 - France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific 1991 - British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1810 - Henri V. Regnault, French physicist and chemist, born in Aachen (d. 1878) 1909 - Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, English Egyptologist, born in London (d. 1996) 1920 - Constant [Nieuwenhuys], Dutch painter (Uprising of Homo Ludens), and sculptor, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2005) 1926 - Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and Governor of Balochistan (1978-84), born in Qaimganj, British India (d. 2022) 1989 - Rory Culkin, American actor (Signs), born in New York City More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1910 - Johan Peter Selmer, Norwegian composer, dies at 66 1970 - Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907) 1986 - Virginia Hewitt, American actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies of cancer at 60 2010 - Ralph Houk, American baseball catcher, coach, manager and executive (World Series champion 1947, 52-53, coach, 58; mgr 1961-62; NY Yankees), dies at 90 2022 - Uwe Seeler, German soccer striker (72 caps West Germany; Hamburger SV 476 games, 404 goals), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »
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