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WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2010

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  • Published Jul 20, 2010 5:06 pm KST
  • Updated Jul 20, 2010 5:06 pm KST

Today is Wednesday, July 21, the 202nd day of 2010. There are 163 days left in the year.

1588 ― English fleet defeats Spanish armada

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

1873 ― Jesse James, first train robbery

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 and South Vietnam

1969 ― Neil Armstrong steps on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)

1976 ― First outbreak of ``Legionnaire's Disease" kills 29 in Philadelphia

1980 ― Jean-Claude Droyer climbs the Eiffel Tower in 2 hours and 18 minutes

1990 ― Pink Floyds' ``The Wall" is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood