On This Day in History July 21, 2021

Historical Events 365  Crete Earthquake followed by tsunami around the Eastern Mediterranean allegedly destroys Alexandria 1861  First Battle of Bull Run [Battle of First Manassas], 1st major battle of the US Civil War is fought near Manassas, Virginia, Confederate victory 1904  After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed 1925  John T. Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial” in Dayton, Tennessee, fined $100 and costs 1954  Geneva Accords for Indochina signed, dividing French colonial territories into the countries of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the State of Vietnam (South Vietnam), Cambodia, and Laos 1969  Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT) 1970  Aswan High Dam opens in Egypt, enables human control of the flooding of the Nile 2015  On This Day changes its domain name and brand from HistoryOrb.comto OnThisDay.com More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Cat Stevens 73rd Birthday Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961) Robin Williams (1951 - 2014) Thomas Pelham-Holles (1693 - 1768) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Basil Rathbone (1892 - 1967) Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) More Famous Deaths