Public Holidays on July 21

• 🌍 Belgian National Day (Belgium)
• 🌍 Nationale feestdag (Belgium)

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On This Day in History — July 21

• 2012 — Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
• 2011 — NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
• 2008 — Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal.
• 2005 — July 2005 London bombings occur.
• 2001 — At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes...
• 1995 — Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.

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Notable Births on July 21

• 1993 — Aaron Durley, American baseball player
• 1992 — Rachael Flatt, American figure skater
• 1990 — Chris Martin, English footballer
• 1990 — Jason Roy, English cricketer
• 1989 — Rory Culkin, American actor
• 1989 — Marco Fabián, Mexican footballer

Notable Deaths on July 21

• 2017 — John Heard, American film and television actor (b. 1946)
• 2016 — Dennis Green, American football player and coach (b. 1949)
• 2015 — Robert Broberg, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
• 2015 — E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1931)
• 2015 — Nicholas Gonzalez, American physician (b. 1947)
• 2015 — Czesław Marchaj, Polish-English sailor and academic (b. 1918)

Religious Observances on July 22

• Jewish: Erev Tish’a B’Av ערב תשעה באב

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On This Day in History — July 22

• 2013 — A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.
• 2011 — Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.
• 2005 — Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.
• 2003 — Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
• 1997 — The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
• 1993 — Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.

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Notable Births on July 22

• 2013 — Prince George of Cambridge
• 2002 — Prince Felix of Denmark
• 1995 — Ezekiel Elliott, American football player
• 1992 — Anja Aguilar, Filipino actress and singer
• 1992 — Selena Gomez, American singer and actress
• 1991 — Matty James, English footballer

Notable Deaths on July 22

• 2014 — Johann Breyer, German SS officer (b. 1925)
• 2014 — Louis Lentin, Irish director and producer (b. 1933)
• 2014 — Nitzan Shirazi, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1971)
• 2013 — Natalie de Blois, American architect, co-designed the Lever House (b. 1921)
• 2013 — Dennis Farina, American policeman and actor (b. 1944)
• 2013 — Lawrie Reilly, Scottish footballer (b. 1928)