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It happed on July 21st in the year of...
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1902:
The president of the U.S. Fruit Trust of Boston�is on his way to England to promote the consumption of bananas among the British. Although�the fruit is�little known�there and considered a delicacy,�he soon�hopes to have the English eating 5 million bunches a year.
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1944:
One-time failed haberdasher Harry Truman�is nominated to serve as the nation's vice president during Franklin Roosevelt's�fourth term.�His 1,100 votes best vice president Henry Wallace's 66 and Supreme Court Justice�William Doughlas'�4.
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1897:
The Tate Gallery of British Art opens�in London.
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1853:
The New Your City government is authorized�to purchase the�land that will make up Central Park.�Four years later,�construction of the�840 acres�begins under the supervision�of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead.
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1861:
The first great engagement of the Civil War�begins in Virginia. Northerners call it the first Battle of Bull Run, following a custom of naming battles for streams. Southerners name�them for towns, thus calling it the Battle of Manassas. The dispute over names will long continue, but the battle ends in�a
Confederate�victory.
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1925:
A�Dayton, Tennessee jury convicts biology teacher John�T. Scopes for teaching�his class Darwin's theory of evolution, which became�illegal in�that state two months ago. His sensational�trial saw�prosecutor and 3-tim�presidential�candidate William�Jennings�Bryan pitted against legendary Clarence Darrow for the defense. Scopes' conviction and $100�fine will be reversed by�a state appellate court.
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1923:
The National�Women's Party drafts language for a proposed equal rights amendment to the federal�constitution�during their convention�in
Seneca�Falls, NY.
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1907:
The Master of the Royal Mint�in England estimates that 60 million pennies are locked up in recently�introduced American-made�"slot�machines."�A severe shortage is the result.�In London, gas�and�electricity are paid for by�the insertion of pennies�into the devices,�and other�"slots" sell candies,�matches,�and other such items.
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1989:
Ex-president�Ronald Reagan is inducted into the�Cowboy Hall�of Fame.�He joins such�other�luminaries�as Will Rogers, John Wayne,�Teddy Roosevelt and Gary Cooper on the strength of acting roles in films like The Santa Fe Trail, and for hosting television's Death Vally Days.
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1919:
In chicago, 11�are killed and�27 injured when a hydrogen-filled blimp catches fire and�plunges through�the glass roof�of a bank�in the Loop,
the city's main business district.
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1932:
A�man in the uniform of an armored truck�guard walks�into the main�offices of one of New�York's largest banks. When he asks for�the money�for the U.S. Trucking Company, he is given $56, 000 and leaves.�It�is hours before the bank realizes�it has been hoodwinked�by a very�brazen robber.
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