July 21

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on July 21, include:

• Anne Hutchinson Memorial Day - July 21, 2024 (On a Sunday, either before or after her birthday on 7/20)
• Department of Veterans Administration Created 
• Invite an Alien to Live With You Day
• Lake Superior Day - July 21, 2024 (Third Sunday in July)
• Legal Drinking Age Day 
• Lowest Recorded Temperature Day - (-128.6 F in Antarctica)
• Monkey Day - (Re: Court Case about Evolution)
  
• National Be Someone Day 
• National Craft for Your Local Shelters Day 
• National Daiquiri Day - July 21, 2024 (Third Sunday in July)
• National Ice Cream Day - July 21, 2024 (Third Sunday in July)
• National Junk Food Day 
• National Lamington Day 
• National Tug of War Tournament Day 
• No Pet Store Puppies Day
• Sundae Sunday - July 21, 2024 - (Third Sunday of July)
• Take a Monkey to Lunch Day 

2024 Weekly Holidays that include July 21, are:

• Air Conditioning Appreciation Days - July 3 - August 15
• Celebration of the Horse Day - July 19-21, 2024 (Third Weekend)
  
• Coral Reef Awareness Week - July 15-21, 2024
• Dog Days of Summer - July 3 - August 11
  
• Hemingway Look Alike Days - July 17-21, 2024
  
• National Independent Retailers Week - July 21-27, 2024 (Week in July with July 21st in it)
• National Moth Week - July 20-28, 2024 (Last Full Week in July and two weekends in July)
  
• National Scrabble Week - July 20-24, 2024
• National Zoo Keeper Week - July 21-27, 2024 (Third Week in July)
• Perseid Meteor Showers - July 17 - August 24, 2024, will peak on  August 12, 2024)
  
• Rabbit Week - July 15-21
• RAGBRAI - July 20-27, 2024
• Restless Leg Syndrome Education & Awareness Week - July 18-25

2024 Monthly Holidays that include July 21, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our July Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of July.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Tour de France - June 29 - July 21, 2024 - this is the world's most high profile bicycle race.

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for July 21 is Cancer.

Birth Flower of the Month

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for July is:

• Rubies which are said to guarantee health, wisdom, wealth, and success in love

Famous Birthdays

• 1816 - Paul Reuter, German-English journalist who founded Reuters (d. 1899)
• 1899 - Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer and journalist (d. 1961)
• 1948 - Cat Stevens, English singer, and songwriter
• 1948 - Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist (Doonsebury)
• 1951 - Robin Williams, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014)

Famous Deaths

• 1998 - Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot and astronaut. In 1961 he became the first American to travel to space, and in 1971 he walked on the Moon. (b. 1923)
• 2017 - John Heard, American actor (Home Alone Movies) (b. 1946)
• 2023 - Tony Bennett, American Jazz and pop singer (b. 1926)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1942 - Mae West, actress divorces Frank Wallace, vaudeville performer
• 1945 - Groucho Marx marries Kay Marvis

Quote of the Day

July 21st is Legal Drinking Age Day! May your enjoy a nice glass of wine with your friends today!

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

Are non organic foods as healthy as the more expensive organic foods? What is the difference? To involve yourself in this debate, it is helpful to understand what exactly a non-organic food can be. From here you can decide if purchasing non-organic foods is a healthy diet habit for your family!

Non Organic Foods could contain any number of chemicals from pesticides, herbicides, hormones, and antibiotics and even be grown in contaminated sewage sludge! Good choice?

Find out more about non organic foods from Kerry's Healthy Diet Habits website!

This Day in History

• 356 BC - One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus is destroyed by arson
• 1861 - The first major battle of the American Civil War begins at Manassas Junction, Virginia with a win for the Confederate Army
• 1865 - The first western showdown occurs in Springfield, Missouri when Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt
• 1873 - The first successful train robbery occurs in Adair, Iowa when Jesse James and the James-Younger Gain rob the train
• 1907 - The passenger steamer SS Columbia collides with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, CA and sinks killing 88 people
• 1944 - During World War II, American troops land on Guam and start a battle that will go on under August 10th
• 1949 - The U.S. Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty
• 1952 - A 7.3 mw earthquake hits Kern County in Southern California killing 12 and injuring hundreds
• 1959 - The first nuclear-powered cargo passenger ship, the NS Savannah is launched
• 1969 - Astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon
• 1970 - The Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed after 11 years of construction
• 1972 - 22 bombs are detonated by the Provisional IRA in Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing nine and injuring 130
• 1983 - The world's lowest temperature is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at -128.6 degrees F

This Day in Music

• 1987 - Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Ain't That a Shame, and Crackin' Up are recorded by Paul McCartney
• 1997 - Jewel appears on the cover of Time Magazine
• 1999 - Charley Pride receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 2001 - Lauryn Hill tapes her MTV Unplugged Special

Foolish Games by Jewel

This Day in Sports

• 1925 Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph on land at Pendine Sands in Wales
• 1959 - Elijah Jerry Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox
• 2012 - Erden Eruc finished the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!