Daily Calendar _ July 21

The 202nd day of the year, 163 days left until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Holy Martyr Mirdat the King (410); Saint. Great Martyr Procopius (303); Apparition of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (1579).

Born:

356 (BC) Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia (BC 336 323), great military leader and statesman.

1816 — Paul Julius Reuter, founder of the large English news agency _ ``Reuters''. Died in 1899.

1893 — Hans Fallada, German writer. Died in 1947.

1894 — Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian scientist, physicist. Died in 1984.

1899 — Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate. Died in 1961.

1932 _ Alexander Nizharadze, pianist. Died in 1991.

1933 _ John Gardner, American writer and literary critic.

1934 _ Guram Gegeshidze, writer.

1938 — Nani Bregvadze, famous singer.

Died:

1792 _ David Guramishvili, great Georgian poet.

1796 — Robert Burns, Scottish poet.

1962 — George Trevelyan, prominent British historian.

Events:

365 — An earthquake occurred in Alexandria. 50 thousand people died.

1774 – The Russo-Turkish War ended.

1796 – During the battle of the Pyramids, General Napoleon defeated a 60,000-strong Mamluk army and entered Cairo a few days later.

1906 – The First State Duma of Russia was dissolved.

1917 – After Lvov himself resigned, Kerensky became the Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Russia.

1975-1976 – Two brothers living in Maryside (USA) died on the same day, on the same street, 1 year apart. They were hit by the same car, which was driven by the same driver and carried the same passenger.

1983 – The lowest temperature on the planet was recorded at the Soviet Antarctic station “Vostok” - 89.2.

Memorable days:

Guam – Freedom Day

Belgium – King's Day