Today in History: July 21, verdict reached in Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’
This day is Monday July the nd day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On July the so-called Monkey Trial ended in Dayton Tennessee with John T Scopes identified guilty of violating state law for teaching Darwin s Theory of Evolution The conviction was later overturned Also on this date In during the Civil War the first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas Virginia resulting in a Confederate supremacy Related Articles Massachusetts mother Son s death turned into a partisan issue with Trump letter Healey no call Currently in History July Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walk on the moon It s a problem Federal executive stops paying private attorneys in court-appointed cases Lawyer argues Call of Duty maker can t be held responsible for actions of Uvalde shooter Time to go vegetarian Cost of chicken and ground beef hit record highs In American forces landed on Guam during World War II capturing it from the Japanese various three weeks later In the Geneva Conference concluded with accords dividing Vietnam into northern and southern entities In Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin blasted off from the moon aboard the ascent stage of the lunar module for docking with the command module In construction of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt was completed In the Irish Republican Army carried out bombings in Belfast Northern Ireland killing nine people and injuring in what became known as Bloody Friday In Ernie Els won the British Open in the first sudden-death finish in the -year history of the tournament In former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic RA -doh-van KA -ra-jich one of the world s top war crimes fugitives was arrested in a Belgrade suburb by Serbian prevention forces He was sentenced by a U N court in to life imprisonment after being convicted of genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes In the -year-old space shuttle plan ends as Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral Florida after the th shuttle flight In Erden Eruc became the first person to complete a solo human-powered circumnavigation of the globe In the Barbenheimer buzz reached its peak as the films Barbie and Oppenheimer opened in theaters the critical and community acclaim for both films led to the fourth-largest weekend box office of all time In current times s Birthdays Singer Yusuf Islam also known as Cat Stevens is Cartoonist Garry Trudeau is Author Michael Connelly is Comedian Jon Lovitz is Retired soccer member Brandi Chastain is Rock-soul singer Michael Fitzpatrick Fitz and the Tantrums is Actor singer Charlotte Gainsbourg is Actor Justin Bartha is Actor Josh Hartnett is Reggae singer Damian Marley is Basketball Hall of Famer Tamika Catchings is Former MLB All-Star pitcher CC Sabathia suh-BATH -ee-uh is Singer Blake Lewis American Idol is Latin singer Romeo Santos is Actor Betty Gilpin is Actor Juno Temple is Actor Rory Culkin is
