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Today is the 208th day of 2021 and the 38th day of summer.
TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1789, Congress established the Department of Foreign Affairs, later renamed the Department of State.
In 1953, a Korean War armistice was signed after three years of fighting.
In 1974, the House of Representatives voted to recom- mend the first article of impeachment against President Nixon.
In 1996, a bomb exploded in an Atlanta park during the Summer Olympics, killing one person.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), writer/historian; Leo Durocher (1905-1991), baseball player/manager; Norman Lear (1922- ), TV producer/writer; Jerry Van Dyke (1931-2018), actor; Bobbie Gentry (1944- ), singer -songwriter; Peggy Fleming (1948- ), figure skater; Donnie Yen (1963- ), actor; Triple H (1969- ), professional wrestler; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970- ), actor; Maya Rudolph (1972- ), actress; Alex Rodriguez (1975- ), baseball player; Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977- ), actor; Jordan Spieth (1993- ), golfer.
