Today in History: July 21, verdict reached in Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’
In current times is Monday July the nd day of There are days left in the year Currently in history On July the so-called Monkey Trial ended in Dayton Tennessee with John T Scopes exposed 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 Request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts likely to disappoint ex-prosecutors say In the present day in History July Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walk on the moon Currently in History July the Seneca Falls Convention Trump administration seeks release of Epstein grand jury records but not Justice Department files deputies killed in explosion at Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department site 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 protection 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 scheme 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 population 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 athlete 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
