July 21

July 21 is the 202nd day of the year, 163 days remaining

1931 - CBS's New York City station begins broadcasting the first regular seven days a week television schedule in the U.S.

1983 - The world's lowest temperature is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2°C (−129°F).

1984 - In Jackson, Michigan, a factory robot crushes a worker against a safety bar in apparently the first robot-related death in the United States.

2002 - Telecom giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the largest such filing in United States history.

Birthday

1899 - Ernest Hemingway, American writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway

1939 - John Negroponte
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Negroponte

1951 - Robin Williams, American comedian/actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams