Famous Birthdays
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
American author (The Old Man and the Sea, Nobel Prize for Literature -1954), born in Oak Park, Illinois
- Hart Crane, American poet (The Bridge), born in Garrettsville, Ohio (d. 1932)
Famous Deaths
- Robert G. Ingersoll, American writer, orator and agnostic, dies at 65
Died in 1899 1899 Highlights
About July 21, 1899
Day of the Week: Friday
How Long Ago? 124 years, 9 months and 13 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Lost Generation
Star Sign: Cancer
Augusto Pinochet
Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Kim Jong-un
Nicolae Ceausescu
Pol Pot