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365 : Alexandria hit by a tsunami


On July 21, 365, an earthquake with a magnitude estimated at 8.0 occurred off the coast of Greece. The tsunami which followed struck the city of Alexandria in Egypt and its surrounding villages : the boats ended up on top of buildings and 50,000 people were killed. The salt water entered into the land prevented crops for several years and the shoreline was changed permanently. Entire neighborhoods of Alexandria were covered by water and had not been rediscovered by archaeologists until 1995.

1954 : End of the war in Indochina


On July 21, 1954, the Geneva Conference recognized the 17th parallel line which separated the Vietnam into the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam in the north and the State of Vietnam in the south where French forces were grouped before their final departure scheduled before the end of 1955. The Conference also recognized the independence of Cambodia and Laos.

1970 : Completion of the Aswan Dam


On July 21, 1970, after 11 years, the Aswan Dam, on the Nile in Egypt, is completed. Financed by tolls on the Suez Canal and loans from the Soviet Union, it aims to regulate the Nile floods and to create a major source of energy. For the construction of the huge reservoir of the dam, which was named Lake Nasser, 90,000 Egyptians and Sudanese are displaced. The temple of Abu Simbel is also moved.
The dam has also had negative effects, such as the depletion of arable land due to the removal of silt deposits brought in by flooding of the Nile or the development of schistosomiasis induced by irrigation systems.

1972 : Bombings in Northern Ireland


On July 21, 1972, 22 bombs were placed by the IRA in different places in Northern Ireland. 9 people were killed and 130 injured. The IRA had warned the authorities shortly before each explosion, but given the number of bombs, only a few places had been evacuated. This event, called Bloody Friday, was a response to the Bloody Sunday, the shooting of peaceful demonstrators and bystanders by the British Army, on January 30, 1972, in Derry.

2007 : Release of the seventh and final Harry Potter


On 21 July 2007, the seventh and final Harry Potter was released under the name of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 10 years after the first volume. The adventures of Harry Potter and his friends have sold 400 million copies in 60 languages. They have made ​​the fortune of its author JK Rowling and movie studios that produced the films that are inspired from them.

Novità del giorno : 21 Luglio

Belgian National Day
July 21 is the Belgian National Day, which commemorates the oath to uphold the Constitution of the first king of the Belgians, Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, taken on July 21, 1831.

Citazione del giorno : 21 Luglio

J. K. Rowling
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

Compleanni : 21 Luglio

Jean Picard, Astronomo francese (1620)
Ernest Hemingway, Scrittore americano, Premio Nobel per la letteratura (1899)
Isaac Stern, Violinista ucraino (1920)
Jean Daniel, Giornalista francese (1920)
Rudolph A. Marcus, Chimico canadese americano, premio Nobel (1923)
Norman Jewison, Regista canadese (1926)
Simon Berryer (Sim), Comico francese (1926)
Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine, Cantante francese (1948)
Robin Williams, Attore americano (1951)
Michael Connelly, Scrittore canadese (1956)
Jim Martin, Musicista americano (Faith No More) (1961)
Ross Kemp, Attore inglese (1964)
Sarah Waters, Scrittrice inglese (1966)
Emmanuel Bangué, Atleta francese (1971)
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Attrice e cantante francese (1971)
Josh Hartnett, Attore americano (1978)
Gary Teale, Calciatore scozzese (1978)
Chris Gunter, Calciatore gallese (1989)

Ci hanno lasciato un 21 Luglio

Claus von Stauffenberg, Ufficiale e resistente tedesco (1944)
Albert Lutuli, Politico sudafricano, presidente dell'ANC, Nobel per la Pace (1967)
Basil Rathbone, Attore inglese (1967)
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Terzo Re del Bhutan (1972)
Alan Shepard, Astronauta americano, 2 ° persona nello spazio (1998)
Robert Young, Attore americano (1998)
Jerry Goldsmith, Compositore americano (2004)
Edward B. Lewis, Genetista americano, premio Nobel per la Fisiologia e Medicina (2004)
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