SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2007

Today is Saturday, July 21, the 201st day of 2007. There are 164 days left in the year.

230 _ St. Pontianus begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1588 _ English fleet defeats Spanish armada

1831 _ Belgium gains independence from Netherland, Leopold I made king

1898 _ Spain cedes Guam to the U.S.

1900 _ Pope Leo XIII encyclical to the Greek-Melkite rite

1930 _ The U.S. Veterans Administration established

1940 _ Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

1944 _ U.S. forces free Guam of Japanese invaders

1954 _ At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North & South Vietnam

1960 _ The country of Katanga forms in Africa

1965 _ Pakistan, Iran & Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact

1973 _ Hank Aaron becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 700 homers

1983 _ The Polish government ends 19 months of martial law

1990 _ Goodwill Games opens in Seattle

1990 _ Pink Floyds' ``The Wall’’ is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood